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Chinese Philosophy: A Philosophical Essay on the “State-of-the-Art”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2010

Lin Tongqi ,
Henry Rosemont Jr.  and
Roger T. Ames
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There is no easy answer to the question: What is the status of Chinese philosophy? On the Chinese side, philosophy is much more than a professional commentary on and the extension of a canonical tradition constituted by philosophical systems and theories. Chinese philosophers have traditionally been scholar-officials whose theoretical reflections have been tempered by practical responsibilities—fully, the daily workings of government and society. “Philosophy” in the contemporary Chinese context, then, despite the avowedly Marxist orientation of the state, continues to range over the relationship between cultural values and the social and political life of the people. Philosophers have been and still are the intellectual leaders of society. Hence, a “state-of-the-art” reflection on Chinese philosophy from an internal Chinese perspective would be primarily practical: a survey of the intellectual discourse as it has driven and shaped recent social, political, and cultural developments.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 727 - 758
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1995

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