Tradition and Modernity ─ A Humanist View

This is a volume in a newly established book series that aims to introduce "important and representative works of native Chinese scholarship in English translation." In this work, Chen (philosophy, Peking U., China) considers the significance of Confucian values in contemporary society and the role that they can play in finding the right balance integrating tradition and modernity in a series of 16 essays written between 1987 and 2006. In the essays he reflects on the cultural-political history of China, engages with Western sociology and philosophy, and reflects on the cultural ideas of such Chinese figures as Liang Shuming and Feng Youlan. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Chen Lai, PhD. (Peking University), is a Professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for Confucian Study and the History of Chinese Philosophy at Peking University. He is one of China's most prominent scholars of the history of Chinese philosophy, is an honorary professor at eleven universities and is a member of the editorial boards of sixteen academic journals. Edmund Ryden, PhD. (SOAS, London University), translated Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy (Yale 2002) and the Laozi: Daodejing (Oxford World’s Classics 2008). He has also written on the philosophical background to human rights in a Chinese context.