The Fusion of Intellectual Horizons in Chinese and Western Thought (Thinking World Philosophies)

Gu, Ming Dong

Edinburgh University Press（2026/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399562966

Full Description

Ming Dong Gu bridges the divide between Chinese and Western thought. He does this by addressing key topics that have been of enduring interest to thinkers, scholars and intellectuals in an effort to bring about the fusion of horizons between Chinese and Western thought. These focus on the flow of Chinese thought to the West, Chinese and Western metaphysics, and the foundational ideas from both traditions including the Tao, Taiji, Logos, One, the Yijing, Confucianism, individualism and universalism.

In addressing these key areas, Gu offers new interpretations of ideas, concepts, and principles in Chinese and Western thought and formulates new ideas, insights and conceptual frameworks for Chinese and Western thought to complement and mutually enrich each other.

Contents

List of Figures
Preface

Introduction: Two Intellectual Horizons

Part I: Intellectual Divide between China and the West

1. Western-Centrism and Chinese Thought
2. Metaphysical Dialogues as an Intellectual Bridge
3. How Can East Meet West as Intellectual Equals?

Part II: First Principles in Chinese and Western Metaphysics

4. Dao, Taiji and Trans-Cultural Meta-sign
5. Dao, Taiji and Metaphysics of the Mind
6. Dao, Logos, and One: A Common Conceptual Ground

Part III: From Metaphysics to Issues of Ethics

7. Confucian Ethics and Spirit of World Order
8. Individualism and Confucian Self-Cultivation
9. Modernizing Confucianism for the Global Age

Conclusion: Toward Transcultural Universalism

Bibliography
Index