Confucian Feminism

Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu, USA. She is the author of Confucianism and Women: A Philosophical Interpretation (2006). Her entry of “Gender in Confucian Philosophy” is published in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (2023).

Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee directly challenges philosophers fixated on ‘the Western Canon’ who have ignored and undervalued the contributions that can be made to the discipline by ‘wisdom traditions’ assumed to be mired in the past. Confucian philosophy is presented in a way that reveals its contemporary relevance to a range of philosophical issues, from feminism and ethics to politics and social welfare. Of special note is the ardent argument offered for Confucian care ethics to relieve the burdens placed on women as care givers while revitalizing our eroding commitment to social cohesion amid rampant individualism.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction: A Revisionist History of Philosophy 2. Confucian Gender Trouble 3. When Kittay's Love's Labor meets Confucian Xiao4. Marriage and Perfect Friendship 5. Hybridity of Philia and You as Spousal Relation 6. Democracy and Its Limits 7. Ritual, Common Good, and Social Cohesion9. Closing Remarks Endnotes Bibliography Index