Emerson and Neo-Confucianism Crossing Paths over the Pacific
A comparative investigation of Emerson's Transcendental thought and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, this book shows how both thinkers traced the human morality to the same source in the ultimately moral nature of the universe and developed theories of the inte
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Emerson and Neo-Confucianism
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Crossing Paths over the Pacific
YOSHIO TAKANASHI
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Emerson and Neo-Confucianism
EMERSON AND NEO - CONFUCIANISM
Copyright © Yoshio Takanashi, 2014. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–33292–9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Takanashi, Yoshio, 1950– Emerson and Neo-Confucianism : Crossing Paths Over the Pacific / by Yoshio Takanashi; with a foreword by Lawrence Buell. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–33292–9 (hardback :alk. paper) 1. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803–1882—Knowledge—Nature. 2. Zhu, Xi, 1130–1200—Criticism and interpretation. 3. Neo-Confucianism in literature. 4. Transcendentalism in literature. 5. Nature in literature. I. Title. PS1642.N2T35 2014 814⬘.3—dc23
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Foreword Lawrence Buell
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Acknowledgments
ix
Abbreviations
xi
Introduction
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1 Neo-Confucianism, Japan, and “Nature Is Principle”: Foundations for a Comparison of Emerson and Zhu Xi 2 3
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The Fundamental Principle and Generation of the Universe
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Cosmic Law and Human Ethics
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4 Realization of the Self
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
179
Index
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