| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture |
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction The Throw of Infancy; Notes; The Life of a Phrase Infancy, Renunciation, Passing; From the Beginning; The Exigency of Renunciation: Event and Return; Renunciation and Survival; Notes; Index of Names |
| Summary |
"Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China. This volume brings together fourteen essays that explore the role of hiddenness--as both an object and a mode of representation--in the history of cultural production in China from the Warring States Period (403-221 BCE) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911) and beyond. The rhetorical use of various forms of hiddenness makes its appearance in literary, political, philosophical, and religious writings, as well as in the visual arts. Working in fields as disparate as traditional Chinese literature, religion, philosophy, history, medicine, and art, the contributors attempt to characterize one of the fundamental signifying practices in traditional Chinese cultural production. In the process, they not only reveal otherwise obscure patterns connecting longstanding social, political, aesthetic, and epistemological practices, but also contribute to ongoing discussions--well beyond the field of China studies--regarding the representation and communicability of knowledge, as well as the practices controlling its dissemination"--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Rhetoric -- China -- History
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Secrecy -- China -- History
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Hiding places -- China -- History
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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epistemology.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Hiding places
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Intellectual life
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Rhetoric
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Secrecy
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China -- Intellectual life -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
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China -- Intellectual life -- 960-1644.
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China -- Intellectual life -- 1644-1912.
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Varsano, Paula M., editor
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| LC no. |
2016038163 |
| ISBN |
9781438463049 |
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1438463049 |
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