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. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.
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HPC 014. Every Man for Himself: Virtue and the Body
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Several ancient Chinese texts speak of an egoist and hedonist known as Yang Zhu: did he pose a coherent challenge to the Confucians and other ethicists?Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 013. The Trembling Ox: Mengzi and the Compassionate Heart
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In the Mengzi, the text that bears his name, Mengzi ("Mencius") holds that the human heart-mind is the wellspring of goodness.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 12. Gentlemen’s Agreement: Confucian Virtue Ethics
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Should the remarkable parallels between Aristotelian and Confucian ethics lead us to classify Confucianism as a type of “virtue ethics”?Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 011. Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Early Confucianism
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In this interview, we learn how Kongzi become the pivotal sage of early Chinese history, and what new discoveries teach us about the Confucian tradition.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 10. We’re a Pack Animal: Individual and Society in Confucianism
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What does the Analects say about living as a human being? How are individuals embedded in society, and how do they develop their unique identities?Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 09. Family Values: Confucian Role Ethics
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Confucianism puts relationships with family members at the core of their ethical thinking. Is this a strength or a weakness?Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 08. Confucius Says: Reading the Analects
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Lessons we can take from the teachings of Kongzi (Confucius) in the Analects: challenging authorities, adhering to “benevolence (ren),” and practicing “propriety (li)” in ritual and everyday life.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 07. Uncrowned King: Kongzi (Confucius) and the Analects
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An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 06. Franklin Perkins on Excavated Texts
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In this interview, we learn how newly discovered texts are changing our understanding of Warring States period philosophy.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 05. Going Paperless: Ancient Chinese Texts
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What were ancient Chinese philosophical texts written on? How did writing relate to orally transmitted wisdom? How were texts read and used? And what even counted as a “text” in ancient China?Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 04. Open Season: the Historical Context
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The historical context of classical Chinese philosophy, and how ancient Chinese historical works themselves became works of philosophy.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 03. Karyn Lai on Classical Chinese Philosophy
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Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 02. The Only Constant: Change and the "Yi Jing"
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Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HPC 01. Journey of a Thousand Li: Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
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Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 142 - Final Chat with Chike Jeffers
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How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 141 - Job Openings - the Rise of Africana Professional Philosophy
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The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 139 - A Love Supreme - Cornel West
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An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 138 - Taking it Out of Neutral - Critical Race Theory
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A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 137 - Asante Sana - Molefi Asante’s Afrocentricity
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What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 136 - Civilization Reclaimed - African-Centered Thought
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How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 135 - Mastering Ceremonies - Sylvia Wynter
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Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 134 - The Marx Brothers - Cedric J. Robinson
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Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 133 - John Drabinski on Edouard Glissant
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The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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HAP 132 - French Creolizing - Edouard Glissant and the Creolité Movement
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Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.Av Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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