The Philosophical Influences of Mao Zedong: Notations, Reflections and Insights - Couverture souple

Allinson, Robert Elliott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1350059854 ISBN 13 : 9781350059856

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Through extensive research, involving not only Mao's writings themselves but also the marginal notes he made on books he read, Allinson is able to trace the development of Mao's thinking over the course of his lifetime and to demonstrate the degree to which he was actively engaged with both the Chinese and Western philosophical traditions throughout. This is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the intellectual history of China. - --Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University, USA

Has it ever occurred to you to associate Mao with Aristotle or with the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, the Yijing? If you find it hard to believe, read this book by Robert Allinson who, in his own philosophical way, manages to inject new life and revived interest in this highly controversial but iconic figure which is still looming large behind the giant video screen of present day China. - --Anne Cheng, Chair of Chinese Intellectual History, Collège de France, Paris, France

Has it ever occurred to you to associate Mao with Aristotle or with the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, the Yijing? If you find it hard to believe, read this book by Robert Allinson who, in his own philosophical way, manages to inject new life and revived interest in this highly controversial but iconic figure which is still looming large behind the giant video screen of present day China. - --Anne Cheng, Chair of Chinese Intellectual History, Collège de France, Paris, France

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This philosophical Mao is a fresh portrait of the mind of the ruler who changed the face of China in the twentieth century. The book traces the influences of both traditional Chinese and traditional pre-Marxist Western philosophy on the early Mao and how these influences guided the development of his thought. It reveals evidence of the creative dimensions of Mao's thinking and how he wove the yin/yang pattern of change depicted in the Yijing, the Chinese Book of Changes, into the Marxist dialectic to bring ancient Chinese philosophy to mark changes in twentieth century thought.

Mao's lifetime philosophical journey includes his interpretations of and comments on both Chinese and Western philosophers. His deep, metaphysical reflections, uncanny prognostications and pensive speculations from his early pre-Marxist period to his later philosophical years prove to be as startling as they are thought-provoking.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1350059854
• ISBN 13: 9781350059856
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256