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Front cover image: Painting by unidentified artist, Chinese, late 18th–early 19th century, Portrait of an imperial censor and his wife, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2015 (2015.75), The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Santangelo, Paolo, author.
Title: Individual autonomy and responsibility in late Imperial China / Paolo Santangelo.
Description: Amherst : Cambria Press, 2021. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: " This study questions the common premise that individualism was lacking in premodern China and contends that not only was the concept of the individual important in traditional China, but that it existed in interesting ways that are different from modes of individualism in the West. Key terms such as xing ("human nature”), xin ("heart-mind"), and ji ("self") are used to analyze various texts. In addition to weaving together ideas from history, philosophy, art, and literature, especially the literary dimensions of late imperial history (both classical and vernacular), this study also incorporates Western intellectual tradition, including the ideas of thinkers such as Immanuel Kant, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, and the Romantics. This inquiry into the moral philosophy and ethics of the self—seen in both its public and private dimensions—in late imperial China is an important resource for scholars and students in many subfields of Chinese studies, such as history, intellectual history, art history, history of literature, and history of religion."-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020033085 | ISBN 9781621965497 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781621965718 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781621965725 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Individualism--China--History. | Self (Philosophy)--China--History. | Autonomy (Psychology)--China--History. | Responsibility--China--History.
Classification: LCC B126 .S326 2020 | DDC 126.0951/0903--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033085