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by Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China.
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- Today28 min
HPC 61. The Cosmos in Motion: Han Dynasty Philosophy
An overview of Han Dynasty philosophy: its attention to change, its views on the cosmos, resonances across the myriad things, and the tripartite relation between Heaven, Earth and humanity, all within the political context of the Han.
- 2 weeks ago30 min
HPC 60. Alice Yao on Han Archeology
What can archeological finds tell us about the political and intellectual culture of Han China? We find out from an expert in the field (literally).
- Aug 1, 202619 min
HPC 59. Forget Me Not: Han History Writing
How historians like Sima Qian and Ban Gu have shaped our understanding of ancient Chinese history, including the history of philosophy.
- Jul 19, 202618 min
HPC 58. Historical Fiction? Texts in the Han
How were the texts of the Han dynasty different from those in the Warring States period? How historical circumstances shaped philosophical writing, and how texts in turn shaped Han political culture.
- Jul 5, 202618 min
HPC 57. Rise and Fall, and Rise and Fall: the Han Dynasty
The relationship between philosophy and politics in the Han Dynasty, focusing on the example of Huang-Lao, a typically “eclectic” tradition of thought.
- Jun 21, 202633 min
HPC 56. Yuri Pines on Legalism
An interview about fa-thinkers like Shang Yang and Han Feizi, exploring their relationship to the Qin dynasty and to other schools of thought.
- Jun 7, 202620 min
HPC 55. More Gain, Less Pain: the Legalists on Human Nature
Did the fa-thinkers recognize that human beings natural have moral capacities or dispositions? How did they try to manipulate human nature?
- May 24, 202619 min
HPC 54. Learning to Unlearn: Han Feizi and Confucianism
Does Han Feizi’s focus on “standards” allow him to provide a more realistic political theory than the Confucian focus on moral cultivation?
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Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China.
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