Plato goes to China: the Greek classics and Chinese nationalism
"Do the ancient Greek classics of politics and philosophy arouse interest among the Chinese? The answer, according to Shadi Bartsch, is a resounding yes. Works by Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, and to a lesser extent Cicero and Vergil, generally unknown to China during the millennia-long dynasti...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Do the ancient Greek classics of politics and philosophy arouse interest among the Chinese? The answer, according to Shadi Bartsch, is a resounding yes. Works by Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, and to a lesser extent Cicero and Vergil, generally unknown to China during the millennia-long dynastic system, have shown themselves "good to think with" in contemporary China, both at moments of crisis and revolution, and at moments of increasing confidence and nationalism. Even as classical studies wane in Europe and America, the Chinese believe they are indispensable to an understanding of Western culture. First treated as relevant to China's problems of modernization, now more likely to be invoked in discussions of what the Chinese feel is the loss of a moral compass of contemporary Europe and the United States, the Western classics are treated as more relevant than the west has ever treated the Confucian tradition. In this book, based on her 2018 Martin Lectures given annually at Oberlin college, Shadi Bartsch aims to tell the long history of reception of classics in China. It follows an arc in time from the mid-16th century, when the Jesuits first brought classical texts to China, to the events of the tumultuous 20th century-a time of reform, revolution, and repression-and the present day. Although the book is rooted in this history, its major concern is the contemporary situation in China. Bartsch reflects on Chinese intellectual responses to a number of different "classical" topics: Athenian democracy, Plato's "noble lie," the western emphasis on Socratic rationality, the use of Leo Strauss's non-democratic interpretation of these texts, and the struggle to reappropriate the heritage of the West in favor of China's current form of government. These studies help us to see ourselves as "other," reflected in the eyes of a different culture that believes in the value of all the ancients, European and Chinese [...]." |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 279 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780691229591 |
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CONTENTS Preface ix Editions and Translations xv Introduction: The Ancient Greeks in Modern China Why the Ancient Greeks? i II. What's in Itfor the West? 8 I. i III. From "Master Li” to Chairman Xi 10 Jesuits and Visionaries 17 I. 2 Missionaries with Greek Characteristics 18 II. Aristotle and a New Nation 29 III. To Tiananmen Square) But Not Back 42 Classics after the Crackdown 50 Thucydides Warns the West 54 I. 3 i II. China’s Model Democracy 63 III. A Dissident Echoes the Past 79 Thinking with Plato’s “Noble Lie” 83 I. Justice) Big and Small 85 vii
viii CONTENTS IL ANot So Noble Lie 87 IIL Hierarchyfor the People 93 4 Rationality and Its Discontents 105 I. 5 The Soul-less West 107 II. Ren Stakes a Place 118 III. A Farewell to Binaries 119 A Straussian Interlude 127 I. б 128 II. An Esoteric Paradox 140 Harmony for the World 146 I. 7 The Prophets of Strauss Harmony Contains Multitudes 148 II. The Uses of Confucius 158 III. Whose Republic Will It Be? 168 Thoughts for the Present 175 Classics 178 II. Cultures 180 III. Myths 181 I. Notes 189 Bibliography Index 273 233 |
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viii CONTENTS IL ANot So Noble Lie 87 IIL Hierarchyfor the People 93 4 Rationality and Its Discontents 105 I. 5 The Soul-less West 107 II. Ren Stakes a Place 118 III. A Farewell to Binaries 119 A Straussian Interlude 127 I. б 128 II. An Esoteric Paradox 140 Harmony for the World 146 I. 7 The Prophets of Strauss Harmony Contains Multitudes 148 II. The Uses of Confucius 158 III. Whose Republic Will It Be? 168 Thoughts for the Present 175 Classics 178 II. Cultures 180 III. Myths 181 I. Notes 189 Bibliography Index 273 233 |
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| spelling | Bartsch, Shadi 1966- Verfasser (DE-588)132262495 aut Plato goes to China the Greek classics and Chinese nationalism Shadi Bartsch Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2023] © 2023 xv, 279 Seiten txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "Do the ancient Greek classics of politics and philosophy arouse interest among the Chinese? The answer, according to Shadi Bartsch, is a resounding yes. Works by Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, and to a lesser extent Cicero and Vergil, generally unknown to China during the millennia-long dynastic system, have shown themselves "good to think with" in contemporary China, both at moments of crisis and revolution, and at moments of increasing confidence and nationalism. Even as classical studies wane in Europe and America, the Chinese believe they are indispensable to an understanding of Western culture. First treated as relevant to China's problems of modernization, now more likely to be invoked in discussions of what the Chinese feel is the loss of a moral compass of contemporary Europe and the United States, the Western classics are treated as more relevant than the west has ever treated the Confucian tradition. In this book, based on her 2018 Martin Lectures given annually at Oberlin college, Shadi Bartsch aims to tell the long history of reception of classics in China. It follows an arc in time from the mid-16th century, when the Jesuits first brought classical texts to China, to the events of the tumultuous 20th century-a time of reform, revolution, and repression-and the present day. Although the book is rooted in this history, its major concern is the contemporary situation in China. Bartsch reflects on Chinese intellectual responses to a number of different "classical" topics: Athenian democracy, Plato's "noble lie," the western emphasis on Socratic rationality, the use of Leo Strauss's non-democratic interpretation of these texts, and the struggle to reappropriate the heritage of the West in favor of China's current form of government. These studies help us to see ourselves as "other," reflected in the eyes of a different culture that believes in the value of all the ancients, European and Chinese [...]." With translations from the Chinese, Greek, and Latin Plato v427-v347 (DE-588)118594893 gnd rswk-swf Thucydides ca. 460 v. Chr.-400 v. Chr. (DE-588)11862234X gnd rswk-swf Aristoteles v384-v322 (DE-588)118650130 gnd rswk-swf Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 gnd rswk-swf Politische Philosophie (DE-588)4076226-9 gnd rswk-swf China (DE-588)4009937-4 gnd rswk-swf Griechenland Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5 gnd rswk-swf Nationalism / China Political science / China / Philosophy Philosophy, Ancient / Influence Plato / Influence China / Politics and government PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian Plato Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Nationalism Political science / Philosophy Politics and government China Plato phil. TLG 0059 (DE-2581)TH000002380 gbd Rezeption & Wirkungsgeschichte (DE-2581)TH000005250 gbd China, Rezeption (DE-2581)TH000005506 gbd China (DE-588)4009937-4 g Plato v427-v347 (DE-588)118594893 p Aristoteles v384-v322 (DE-588)118650130 p Thucydides ca. 460 v. Chr.-400 v. Chr. (DE-588)11862234X p Griechenland Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5 g Rezeption (DE-588)4049716-1 s Politische Philosophie (DE-588)4076226-9 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, ebk 978-0-691-22961-4 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034088440&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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