{"product_id":"9781350082533","title":"Transcendence and Non-Naturalism in Early Chinese Thought","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTranscendence and Non-Naturalism in Early Chinese Thought\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alexus McLeod, Joshua R. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary scholars of Chinese philosophy often presuppose that early China possessed a naturalistic worldview, devoid of any non-natural concepts, such as transcendence. Challenging this presupposition head-on, Joshua R. Brown and Alexus McLeod argue that non-naturalism and transcendence have a robust and significant place in early Chinese thought. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book reveals that non-naturalist positions can be found in early Chinese texts, in topics including conceptions of the divine, cosmogony, and apophatic philosophy. Moreover, by closely examining a range of early Chinese texts, and providing comparative readings of a number of Western texts and thinkers, the book offers a way of reading early Chinese Philosophy as consistent with the religious philosophy of the East and West, including the Abrahamic and the Brahmanistic religions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-written by a philosopher and theologian, this book draws out unique insights into early Chinese thought, highlighting in particular new ways to consider a range of Chinese concepts, including \u003ci\u003etian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003edao\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eli\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eyou\/wu. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Challenging the popular scholastic view that early Chinese thinkers lacked non-naturalistic concepts, Brown and McLeod robustly demonstrate the importance and varied ways of non-naturalist and transcendental concepts in early China, presenting an invaluable contribution to the field of Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy.” —\u003ci\u003eJinhua Jia, Chair Professor of Humanities, Yangzhou University, China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350082533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40744287240398,"sku":"9781350082533","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_5729974c-f99b-4f6a-b384-89201f12c849.jpg?v=1641446672","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350082533","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}