Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2019
Abstract
American philosopher John Dewey spent more than two years in China (191 During and after his visit, he wrote some fairly perceptive and insightful comme on China. These were published in periodicals such as the New Republic, As the China Review, and sometimes in newspapers such as the Baltimore Sun ever, there is hardly any discussion of Chinese philosophy in Dewey's publ works or even his papers and correspondence. Among his rare mentions of C philosophy was an article published in 1922, "As the Chinese Think," w cussed the teachings of Lao Zi and Confucius (M13:217-27).1 This was an att improve Western (or at least American) understanding of Chinese attitude tions in international negotiations and business. It describes the influence of cianism and Daoism as merging "to create a definite contempt for politics aversion to government as the West understands the term" (M13:225). It goe describe the Chinese polity in these words
Discipline
Asian Studies | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Philosophy East and West
Volume
6
Issue
3
First Page
468
Last Page
491
ISSN
2575-9922
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Citation
TAN, Sor-hoon.(2019). The Dao of politics: Li (Ritual/Rites) and laws as pragmatic tools of government. Philosophy East and West, 6(3), 468-491.
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Additional URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23015354
Comments
Republication of an article that first appeared in Philosophy East and West 61.6 (2011): 468-491.