Empiricism with Chinese Characteristics

Abstract

"This volume offers new insights into the role of women in ancient China, their important contributions to society, and their pursuit of personal growth and fulfillment. The position that Confucianism may actually foster gender equity is particularly interesting in discussions of whether the Confucian worldview is degrading or repressive toward women. This volume offers new insights into the role of women in ancient China, their important contributions to society, and their pursuit of personal growth and fulfillment. The position that Confucianism may actually foster gender equity is particularly interesting in discussions of whether the Confucian worldview is degrading or repressive toward women."--Amazon.com viewed Dec. 2, 2020. Introduction. Can Confucianism come to terms with feminism? / Chenyang Li -- The Confucian concept of Jen and the feminist ethics of care: a comparative study / Chenyang Li -- Feminism as radical Confucianism: self and tradition / Joel J. Kupperman -- Menzi, Xunzi and modern feminist ethics / Philip J. Ivanhoe -- Sexism, with Chinese characteristics / David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames -- From Confucius through ecofeminism to partnership ethics / Ingrid Shafer -- Li Zhi and John Stuart Mill: a Confucian feminist critique of liberal feminism / Pauline Lee -- The view of women in early Confucianism / Paul Rakita Goldin -- Prudery and prurience: historical roots of the Confucian conundrum concerning women, sexuality, and power / Sandra A. Wawrytko -- Golden spindles and axes: elite women in the Achaemenid and Han empires / Michael Nylan -- Gendered virtue reconsidered: notes from the warring states and Han / Lisa Raphals.