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Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 241 Ratings

Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.

    HPC 10. We’re a Pack Animal: Individual and Society in Confucianism

    HPC 10. We’re a Pack Animal: Individual and Society in Confucianism

    What does the Analects say about living as a human being? How are individuals embedded in society, and how do they develop their unique identities?

    • 20 min
    HPC 09. Family Values: Confucian Role Ethics

    HPC 09. Family Values: Confucian Role Ethics

    Confucianism puts relationships with family members at the core of their ethical thinking. Is this a strength or a weakness?

    • 25 min
    HPC 08. Confucius Says: Reading the Analects

    HPC 08. Confucius Says: Reading the Analects

    Lessons we can take from the teachings of Kongzi (Confucius) in the Analects: challenging authorities, adhering to “benevolence (ren),” and practicing “propriety (li)” in ritual and everyday life.

    • 25 min
    HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects

    HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects

    An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).

    • 24 min
    HPC 06. Franklin Perkins on Excavated Texts

    HPC 06. Franklin Perkins on Excavated Texts

    In this interview, we learn how newly discovered texts are changing our understanding of Warring States period philosophy.

    • 35 min
    HPC 05. Going Paperless: Ancient Chinese Texts

    HPC 05. Going Paperless: Ancient Chinese Texts

    What were ancient Chinese philosophical texts written on? How did writing relate to orally transmitted wisdom? How were texts read and used? And what even counted as a “text” in ancient China?

    • 17 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
241 Ratings

241 Ratings

GeniusOfSound ,

The best survey of philosophy you could ask for

I’ve been listening to this podcast from the beginning and it has been of the highest order—which should be expected of anyone familiar with the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps.

InsultingRetard ,

Awesome stuff

A great resource for anyone trying to break away from the exclusivity and tunnel vision of the traditional western mindset

rigpasword ,

LEARN NONWESTERN PHILOSOPHY

This is an outstanding introduction to nonwestern philosophies. As a longtime student of Buddhist and Chinese philosophies, I’m highly impressed by the depth and care that have gone into the initial series of episodes on the philosophies of India.

Unfortunately, beg and implore as I have, my philosophy study group colleagues continue to resist taking up any nonwestern philosophy seriously, so entrenched and brainwashed as they have become in their western ethnocentric and parochial mindsets. And to think these are the same people who disdain western colonialism - they in fact continue epistemic colonialism by refusing to engage the thought systems of those they colonized. How about that for irony???

So, no more excuses - learn nonwestern philosophy. You won’t be sorry - unbelievable riches await you.

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