This volume is intended for professional philosophers and laymen with an interest in East-West studies and comparative philosophy and religion. The central focus is the concept of comparing perspectives from both the Eastern and the Western philosophical traditions on harmony and strife. The unique and happy result is an East-West anthology which is directed at analyzing a single philosophical problem which is of importance to both traditions. Unlike many anthologies which tend to be collections of isolated and unrelated essays, the (...) Editors' focus on a single theme has resulted in a unified volume which maintains a high continuity of interest throughout. The Editors have carefully culled and organized essays from a select group of philosophers from the United States, West Germany, Japan, Australia, Beijing, Taipei and Hong Kong. Harmony and strife are analyzed as systematic concepts in Western philosophy, as parts of classical Chinese thought, as central concepts in Buddhism, as metaphysical concepts, as dialectical concepts and even as null concepts. The Editors have taken great care so that a continuity and a coherence of presentation is achieved despite the striking variety of perspectives from which harmony and strife are analyzed. It is both unusual and important to have such a systematic and thorough investigation of a topic of paramount social and philosophical significance by some of the leading minds of the day. Besides, the essays included are eminently readable. The volume is likely to become a standard work in this area for some years to come. (shrink)

本书是刘述先教授根据2005年担任第十八届钱宾四先生学术文化讲座的第三次讲演撰写而成. 全书以当代新儒家的观点清理儒学的三个时期的发展, 即先秦、宋明与当代.

本书通过对“理一分殊”所蕴涵的睿识卓见进行了现代的阐释,并将其作为原则运用到了当今的全球伦理与宗教对话之中。.

本書是劉述先教授近四、五年發表的論文的結集。全書分為兩個部分。第一部：「當代新儒家義理的闡發與拓展」，泛論當代儒學精神性之傳承與開拓。第二部：「宋代理學的精神傳統與我的學術淵源」，申論宋明理學的精神世 界──以朱子為中心，並說明了當代儒者與作者在學術上的淵源。.

本书主要对东西文化和中西印哲学作了相当广泛的讨论,涵摄科学哲学、文化哲学、人生哲学、宗教哲学、历史哲学、比较哲学等方面的内容,表现出超越式的融合趋向。.

This is the first book in English to study the thoughts of Contemporary Neo-Confucian philosophers in great depth.