Family and Filiality: An Intercultural Perspective - Paperback

by Xianglong Zhang (Author), Kevin J. Turner (Translator)

Compares Chinese and Western perspectives on the family.

This book is a timely contribution to the growing field of the philosophy of the family. Drawing on a lifetime of research in Western and Chinese philosophy, Zhang Xianglong adopts a comparative perspective to navigate between Greek philosophy, phenomenology, and Confucianism to explore such topics as the nature of the family, filiality, human nature, temporality, memory, incest taboos, the future of Confucianism, and popular literature. He weaves his vast intercultural knowledge and understanding into penetrating philosophical, social, literary, and anthropological insights that reveal the strengths and weaknesses of Western and Chinese conceptions of the family. This book is a paradigm of comparative philosophy and demonstrates the value of the Chinese intellectual tradition for modern philosophy.

Author Biography

Zhang Xianglong张祥龙(1949-2022) dedicated his career to the intercultural dialogue between Chinese and Western philosophy. His previous books include Heidegger's Thought and Chinese Dao of Heaven《海德格尔思想与中国天道and From Phenomenology to Confucius《从现象学到孔夫子》. Kevin J. Turner is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is the translator of Excavated Texts and a New Portrait of the Early Confucians by Wang Zhongjiang.