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The book Becoming Human: Li Zehou’s Ethics offers a critical introduction and in-depth analysis of Li Zehou’s moral philosophy and ethics. Li Zehou, who is one of the most influential contemporary Chinese philosophers, believes that ethics is the most important philosophical discipline. He aims to revive, modernize, develop, and complement Chinese traditional ethics through what he calls “transformative creation” (轉化性的創造). He takes Chinese ethics, which represents the main pillar of Chinese philosophy, as a vital basis for his elaborations on certain aspects of Kant’s, Marx’s and other Western theoreticians’ thoughts on ethics, and hopes to contribute in this way to the development of a new global ethics for all of humankind.
Price: $215.00
Pages: 332
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
23 January 2020
ISBN: 9789004423657
Format: Hardcover
"...an introduction to Li’s ethical thought, such as the book
under review here, is a greatly needed contribution, as it illuminates facets of
his thought that have, thus far, not been adequately dealt with by Western
scholars. Its author, Jana Rošker, professor at the University of Ljubljana, is one
of the leading Western scholars on modern Chinese philosophy and also on Li
Zehou’s thought." - Karl-Heinz Pohl, Trier University, Germany in Journal of
Chinese Studies, No. 73
"Finding a suitable way that helps to sysytematize and interpret in a coherent manner such a profoundly rich work is a challenging task that Rošker’s work does not only execute masterfully but does it with style. This book is a must read for all enthusiasts of Chinese culture, both classical and modern, and a great guidebook for students of twentieth-century Chinese social and ethical thought." - Lehel Balogh, Hokkaido University in Religious Studies Review, Vol. 47, No. 3 (September 2021).
"Finding a suitable way that helps to sysytematize and interpret in a coherent manner such a profoundly rich work is a challenging task that Rošker’s work does not only execute masterfully but does it with style. This book is a must read for all enthusiasts of Chinese culture, both classical and modern, and a great guidebook for students of twentieth-century Chinese social and ethical thought." - Lehel Balogh, Hokkaido University in Religious Studies Review, Vol. 47, No. 3 (September 2021).
Jana S. Rošker studied Sinology and obtained her PhD degree at Vienna University in Austria. She is the author of numerous influential works on Chinese philosophy, including Following His Own Path: Li Zehou and Contemporary Chinese Thought (SUNY 2019).