Reading Primary Sources in Asian Political Philosophy

Malcolm Keating is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, USA. He is author of Reason in an Uncertain World: Nyaya Philosophers on Argumentation and Living Well (forthcoming 2024, Oxford University Press), and Classical Sanskrit for Everyone: A Guide for Absolute Beginners (forthcoming 2024, Hackett Publishing). He is editor of Controversial Reasoning in Indian Philosophy: Major Texts and Arguments on Arthâpatti (2020, Bloomsbury).

• Introduction, Malcolm Keating (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Smith College, USA)1. Waiting for the Dawn (Huang Zongxi, 1610-1695)Reading Chinese Confucianism, Nalei Chen (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, New York University, USA) 2. Han Feizi (eponymous, 5th century–221 BCE)Reading Chinese Legalism, Eirik Lang Harris (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University, USA)3. Seventeen-Article Constitution (Prince Shotoku, 574-622)Reading Japanese Medieval Philosophy, B.V.E. Hyde, (independent researcher) 4. Partyless Democracy (Ricardo Pascual, 1952)Reading Philippines Modern Philosophy, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin (Professor of Philosophy, De La Salle University, Philippines) 5. The True Decalogue (Apolinario Mabini, 1898)Reading Philippine Colonial Philosophy, Napoleon Mabaquiao (Faculty of Philosophy, De La Salle University, Philippines)6. Sultana’s Dream (Begum Rokeya, 1880-1932)Reading Postcolonial Indian Philosophy, Keya Maitra (Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, USA)7. Shenzi (Shen Dao, 350-275 BCE)Reading Chinese Legalism – Rory O’Neil (East China Normal University, China) 8. The Individual and the Community (Joshua Wen-Kwei Liao, 1933)Reading Taiwanese Modern Philosophy, Kuan-Wei Wu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)GlossaryAnnotated BibliographyFurther ReadingIndex