Edith S Klein
Biographic Data
| ID | 1451624 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edith S Klein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edith S |
| FAMILY NAME | Klein |
| SIGNATURE | KLEIN E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2876-2720 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contradiction
In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the many facets of crisis-the theme of last year's China Story Yearbook-fractured into pictures of contradiction throughout Chinese society and the Chinese sphere of influence
Reading the Zhuangzi Anthology
Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song
In Father of Chinese History, Esther Klein explores the life and work of the great Han dynasty historian Sima Qian as seen by readers from the Han to the Song dynasties. Today Sima Qian is viewed as both a tragic hero and a literary genius. Premodern responses to him were more equivocal: the complex personal emotions he expressed prompted readers to worry about whether his work as a historian was morally or politically acceptable. Klein demonstra…
A Philosophical Translation of the Heng Xian
Did the Chinese Have a Change of Heart?
In their “The Prevalence of Mind‐Body Dualism in Early China,” Slingerland and Chudek use a statistical analysis of the early Chinese corpus to argue for Weak Folk Dualism (WFD). We raise three methodological objections to their analysis. First, the change over time that they find is largely driven by genre. Second, the operationalization of WFD is potentially misleading. And, third, dating the texts they use is extremely controversial. We conclu…
Were there “Inner Chapters” in the Warring States? A New Examination of Evidence about the Zhuangzi
This article questions the traditional beliefs that the seven “inner chapters” constitute the earliest stratum of the Zhuangzi, that they already formed a coherent unit in the Warring States, and that they came from a single hand. After reviewing what is known about the early history of the Zhuangzi text, various arguments that have been made in support of early, coherent inner chapters, are examined. Taking the Shiji portrait of the Zhuangzi as …
Aiding and Abetting
Probably the most vivid images in Western minds of the wars in Croatia and in Bosnia-Herzegovina are those of columns of people marching away from their burned-out villages, or of children leaving their parents and boarding buses to escape from their war-ravaged cities. These images are more than merely symbolic. Indeed, the massive movement of citizens of the former Yugoslavia away from their homes-whether a farm in a village caught in the cross…
Praxis
Praxis
Aiding and Abetting
Probably the most vivid images in Western minds of the wars in Croatia and in Bosnia-Herzegovina are those of columns of people marching away from their burned-out villages, or of children leaving their parents and boarding buses to escape from their war-ravaged cities. These images are more than merely symbolic. Indeed, the massive movement of citizens of the former Yugoslavia away from their homes-whether a farm in a village caught in the cross…
Were there “Inner Chapters” in the Warring States? A New Examination of Evidence about the Zhuangzi
This article questions the traditional beliefs that the seven “inner chapters” constitute the earliest stratum of the Zhuangzi, that they already formed a coherent unit in the Warring States, and that they came from a single hand. After reviewing what is known about the early history of the Zhuangzi text, various arguments that have been made in support of early, coherent inner chapters, are examined. Taking the Shiji portrait of the Zhuangzi as …
Did the Chinese Have a Change of Heart?
In their “The Prevalence of Mind‐Body Dualism in Early China,” Slingerland and Chudek use a statistical analysis of the early Chinese corpus to argue for Weak Folk Dualism (WFD). We raise three methodological objections to their analysis. First, the change over time that they find is largely driven by genre. Second, the operationalization of WFD is potentially misleading. And, third, dating the texts they use is extremely controversial. We conclu…
A Philosophical Translation of the Heng Xian
Reading the Zhuangzi Anthology
Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song
In Father of Chinese History, Esther Klein explores the life and work of the great Han dynasty historian Sima Qian as seen by readers from the Han to the Song dynasties. Today Sima Qian is viewed as both a tragic hero and a literary genius. Premodern responses to him were more equivocal: the complex personal emotions he expressed prompted readers to worry about whether his work as a historian was morally or politically acceptable. Klein demonstra…
Contradiction
In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the many facets of crisis-the theme of last year's China Story Yearbook-fractured into pictures of contradiction throughout Chinese society and the Chinese sphere of influence
Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works)