Ralph Weber
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph Weber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph |
| FAMILY NAME | Weber |
| SIGNATURE | WEBER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7522-1279 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Global Philosophy, Positionality, and Non-Relativist Perspectivism
A new vocabulary has prominently entered the discourse of comparative philosophy. Such philosophy, and philosophy as such, is often supposed to be “global,” “cosmopolitan,” “fusion,” or “post-comparative.” The intention is to have a more global scope in what counts as philosophy and to be more inclusive of standpoints. A key term is “positionality.” In this article, I first translate a tension between globality and positionality into the problem …
Towards Post-Comparative Philosophy: Interview with Ralph Weber
/
Boaventura de Sousa Santos. The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South
Politics of Immobility: Global Knowledge Production and the Study of Europe in Asia
Europe and Asia find themselves increasingly connected. Why then do we find limited knowledge mobility in the study of Europe throughout Asia? What factors drive this immobility? This article takes account of the existing literature and complements it by offering a more global picture of European Studies in Asia. Throughout, we assume a decidedly political perspective. The study of Europe, we claim, is not only an academic affair, but subject to …
Ideas of justice and reconstructions of Confucian justice
Confucianism tends to play only a marginal role in current theorizing about justice, which is a global pursuit dominated by Western theory and its strong tendency to assume that justice refers to some substantive conception of distributive, socioeconomic justice. This article examines and compares reconstructions of Confucian justice by Joseph Chan, May Sim, and Fan Ruiping. Each reconstruction makes reference to both classical and modern Western…
Comparative Philosophy without Borders
Comparative Philosophy without Borders presents original scholarship by leading contemporary comparative philosophers, each addressing a philosophical issue that transcends the concerns of any one cultural tradition. By critically discussing and weaving together these contributions in terms of their philosophical presuppositions, this cutting-edge volume initiates a more sophisticated, albeit diverse, understanding of doing comparative philosophy…
Is It Scripture or Not: On Moments of Conceptual Tertium Datur
Focusing on examples related to the concept of scripture, I highlight certain moments of indecisiveness in the context of larger processes of possible conceptual change. In these moments, agents involved in the process frequently employ language that in one way or another expresses a conceptual tertium datur. This article sets out to distinguish some of those ways, such as analogy, assertions of resemblance, quasi-status or partial scripturality,…
Politische Ideengeschichte: Interpretationsansätze in der Praxis
Wie interpretiert man einen Text der politischen Theorie? Ist es bedeutsam, von wem oder für wen er geschrieben wurde? Oder geht es vor allem um die innere Struktur und die Wirkung auf den Leser? Dieser Band stellt die wichtigsten Interpretationsansätze im Vergleich vor und wendet sie an zentralen Texten an. So entsteht echte Methodenkompetenz!
On comparative approaches to rhetoric in ancient China
What about the Billeter-Jullien Debate? And What Was It about? A Response to Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
What about the Billeter-Jullien Debate? And What Was It about? A Response to Thorsten Botz-Bornstein Ralph Weber No doubt Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is right to highlight that the debate of 2006 and 2007 (if indeed it can be called a debate1) between Jean François Billeter and François Jullien was particularly heated. It was to some extent a personal affair in that both protagonists overstepped the scholarly bounds set for an exchange of arguments, …
Controversy over "Jullien," or where and what is China, Philosophically Speaking: Controversy Over “Jullien”
This article is about Francois Jullien and a controversy that arose over the publication of a pamphlet by Jean Francois Billeter entitled Against Francois Jullien, replied by Jullien in a volume subtitled Reply to *** (the asterisks standing for Billeter) and followed by collections of essays by French (and some German) intellectuals-one of them entitled For Jullien. The controversy assumed a weight that went beyond Jullien and the French debate …
Who Are We?' On Rorty, Rhetoric, and Politics
It is not unusual to think of Rorty’s work as a success in rhetoric and a failure in political philosophy. In this article we re-evaluate this assessment by analyzing a typical feature of Rorty’s writing: his frequent use of “we so-and-so.” Taking stock of the existing literature on the subject we discuss how Rorty’s use of the “we” was received by peers and how he himself made sense of it. We then analyze Rorty’s oeuvre in order to show that a b…
"How to Compare?" - On the Methodological State of Comparative Philosophy
From early on, comparative philosophy has had on offer a high variety of goals, approaches and methodologies. Such high variety is still today a trademark of the discipline, and it is not uncommon of representatives of one camp in comparative philosophy to think of those in other camps as not really being about 'comparative philosophy'. Much of the disagreement arguably has to do with methodological problems related to the concept of comparison a…
At the Papini hotel: On pragmatism in the study of international relations
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on practice is generally acknowledged as a defining characteristic. There is, however, a general tension within pragmatist thought concerning practice, for pragmatism may emphasize the theorizing of practice. It is, then, distinguished from other theories in International Relations (IR) such as neo-realism or constructivism as a contender in their midst.…
International Relations
This dissertation, written by Jason R. Weidner, and entitled Globalizing Governmentality: Sites of Neoliberal Assemblage in the Americas, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this dissertation and recommend that it be approved. ________________________________ Gail Hollander
Confucianizing Socrates and Socratizing Confucius: On Comparing Analects 13:18 and the Euthyphro
An apparently quite specific question that was addressed by both Confucius and Socrates has attracted much attention in Sino-Hellenistic comparative philosophy. Their respective responses to the question of how a son should respond if his father commits a crime are found in Confucius' Analects 13:18 and in Plato's Euthyphro . This essay assesses three comparative analyses of these responses with particular reference to their underlying assertions…
North – South? Pitfalls of dividing the world by words
The phrase ‘North – South divide’—as well as variations such as ‘North – South gap’ or ‘North – South cleavage’—has become well established in public discourse and scholarly writing. The phrase, however, is highly problematic, as it is simplistic and as there is a substantial danger of misapprehending it for ‘reality’ as such. The indiscriminate usage of the phrase ‘North – South divide’ overlooks the ways in which words create and shape our unde…
Erik Rosenboom. Ist der irreversible Hirnausfall der Tod des Menschen: Frankfurt/ Berlin/Bern/Brüssel/New York, Peter Lang GmbH, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2000
Oneness and particularity in chinese natural cosmology: The notion tianrenheyi
The sensibilities suggested by the notion tianrenheyi have pervaded the Chinese philosophical narrative since, at the earliest, the Spring and Autumn Period, triggering ever novel and enriching interpretations. This paper, far from searching for some ostensible essence of the notion, engages tianrenheyi philosophically from a contemporary perspective. Investigating, inter alia, the kind of unity stipulated by the notion, its moral and spiritual e…
The Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage: From the Revolutionary War to the Present
Journal Article The Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. By G. J. A. O'Toole. (New York: Facts On File, 1988. xv + 539 pp. $50.00.) Get access Ralph E. Weber Ralph E. Weber Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 4, March 1990, Page 1374, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936763 Published: 01 March …
Osnove fonetike i fonologije hrvatskog književnog jezika
Riot in Victoria, 1860
At the Papini hotel: On pragmatism in the study of international relations
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on practice is generally acknowledged as a defining characteristic. There is, however, a general tension within pragmatist thought concerning practice, for pragmatism may emphasize the theorizing of practice. It is, then, distinguished from other theories in International Relations (IR) such as neo-realism or constructivism as a contender in their midst.…
International Relations
This dissertation, written by Jason R. Weidner, and entitled Globalizing Governmentality: Sites of Neoliberal Assemblage in the Americas, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this dissertation and recommend that it be approved. ________________________________ Gail Hollander
Towards Post-Comparative Philosophy: Interview with Ralph Weber
/
Politics of Immobility: Global Knowledge Production and the Study of Europe in Asia
Europe and Asia find themselves increasingly connected. Why then do we find limited knowledge mobility in the study of Europe throughout Asia? What factors drive this immobility? This article takes account of the existing literature and complements it by offering a more global picture of European Studies in Asia. Throughout, we assume a decidedly political perspective. The study of Europe, we claim, is not only an academic affair, but subject to …
North – South? Pitfalls of dividing the world by words
The phrase ‘North – South divide’—as well as variations such as ‘North – South gap’ or ‘North – South cleavage’—has become well established in public discourse and scholarly writing. The phrase, however, is highly problematic, as it is simplistic and as there is a substantial danger of misapprehending it for ‘reality’ as such. The indiscriminate usage of the phrase ‘North – South divide’ overlooks the ways in which words create and shape our unde…
What about the Billeter-Jullien Debate? And What Was It about? A Response to Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
What about the Billeter-Jullien Debate? And What Was It about? A Response to Thorsten Botz-Bornstein Ralph Weber No doubt Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is right to highlight that the debate of 2006 and 2007 (if indeed it can be called a debate1) between Jean François Billeter and François Jullien was particularly heated. It was to some extent a personal affair in that both protagonists overstepped the scholarly bounds set for an exchange of arguments, …
Controversy over "Jullien," or where and what is China, Philosophically Speaking: Controversy Over “Jullien”
This article is about Francois Jullien and a controversy that arose over the publication of a pamphlet by Jean Francois Billeter entitled Against Francois Jullien, replied by Jullien in a volume subtitled Reply to *** (the asterisks standing for Billeter) and followed by collections of essays by French (and some German) intellectuals-one of them entitled For Jullien. The controversy assumed a weight that went beyond Jullien and the French debate …
"How to Compare?" - On the Methodological State of Comparative Philosophy
From early on, comparative philosophy has had on offer a high variety of goals, approaches and methodologies. Such high variety is still today a trademark of the discipline, and it is not uncommon of representatives of one camp in comparative philosophy to think of those in other camps as not really being about 'comparative philosophy'. Much of the disagreement arguably has to do with methodological problems related to the concept of comparison a…
Riot in Victoria, 1860
Osnove fonetike i fonologije hrvatskog književnog jezika
The Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage: From the Revolutionary War to the Present
Journal Article The Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage: From the Revolutionary War to the Present. By G. J. A. O'Toole. (New York: Facts On File, 1988. xv + 539 pp. $50.00.) Get access Ralph E. Weber Ralph E. Weber Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 4, March 1990, Page 1374, https://doi.org/10.2307/2936763 Published: 01 March …
Erik Rosenboom. Ist der irreversible Hirnausfall der Tod des Menschen: Frankfurt/ Berlin/Bern/Brüssel/New York, Peter Lang GmbH, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2000
Oneness and particularity in chinese natural cosmology: The notion tianrenheyi
The sensibilities suggested by the notion tianrenheyi have pervaded the Chinese philosophical narrative since, at the earliest, the Spring and Autumn Period, triggering ever novel and enriching interpretations. This paper, far from searching for some ostensible essence of the notion, engages tianrenheyi philosophically from a contemporary perspective. Investigating, inter alia, the kind of unity stipulated by the notion, its moral and spiritual e…
North – South? Pitfalls of dividing the world by words
The phrase ‘North – South divide’—as well as variations such as ‘North – South gap’ or ‘North – South cleavage’—has become well established in public discourse and scholarly writing. The phrase, however, is highly problematic, as it is simplistic and as there is a substantial danger of misapprehending it for ‘reality’ as such. The indiscriminate usage of the phrase ‘North – South divide’ overlooks the ways in which words create and shape our unde…
Confucianizing Socrates and Socratizing Confucius: On Comparing Analects 13:18 and the Euthyphro
An apparently quite specific question that was addressed by both Confucius and Socrates has attracted much attention in Sino-Hellenistic comparative philosophy. Their respective responses to the question of how a son should respond if his father commits a crime are found in Confucius' Analects 13:18 and in Plato's Euthyphro . This essay assesses three comparative analyses of these responses with particular reference to their underlying assertions…
International Relations
This dissertation, written by Jason R. Weidner, and entitled Globalizing Governmentality: Sites of Neoliberal Assemblage in the Americas, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this dissertation and recommend that it be approved. ________________________________ Gail Hollander
At the Papini hotel: On pragmatism in the study of international relations
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on practice is generally acknowledged as a defining characteristic. There is, however, a general tension within pragmatist thought concerning practice, for pragmatism may emphasize the theorizing of practice. It is, then, distinguished from other theories in International Relations (IR) such as neo-realism or constructivism as a contender in their midst.…
"How to Compare?" - On the Methodological State of Comparative Philosophy
From early on, comparative philosophy has had on offer a high variety of goals, approaches and methodologies. Such high variety is still today a trademark of the discipline, and it is not uncommon of representatives of one camp in comparative philosophy to think of those in other camps as not really being about 'comparative philosophy'. Much of the disagreement arguably has to do with methodological problems related to the concept of comparison a…
Politische Ideengeschichte: Interpretationsansätze in der Praxis
Wie interpretiert man einen Text der politischen Theorie? Ist es bedeutsam, von wem oder für wen er geschrieben wurde? Oder geht es vor allem um die innere Struktur und die Wirkung auf den Leser? Dieser Band stellt die wichtigsten Interpretationsansätze im Vergleich vor und wendet sie an zentralen Texten an. So entsteht echte Methodenkompetenz!
On comparative approaches to rhetoric in ancient China
What about the Billeter-Jullien Debate? And What Was It about? A Response to Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
What about the Billeter-Jullien Debate? And What Was It about? A Response to Thorsten Botz-Bornstein Ralph Weber No doubt Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is right to highlight that the debate of 2006 and 2007 (if indeed it can be called a debate1) between Jean François Billeter and François Jullien was particularly heated. It was to some extent a personal affair in that both protagonists overstepped the scholarly bounds set for an exchange of arguments, …
Controversy over "Jullien," or where and what is China, Philosophically Speaking: Controversy Over “Jullien”
This article is about Francois Jullien and a controversy that arose over the publication of a pamphlet by Jean Francois Billeter entitled Against Francois Jullien, replied by Jullien in a volume subtitled Reply to *** (the asterisks standing for Billeter) and followed by collections of essays by French (and some German) intellectuals-one of them entitled For Jullien. The controversy assumed a weight that went beyond Jullien and the French debate …
Who Are We?' On Rorty, Rhetoric, and Politics
It is not unusual to think of Rorty’s work as a success in rhetoric and a failure in political philosophy. In this article we re-evaluate this assessment by analyzing a typical feature of Rorty’s writing: his frequent use of “we so-and-so.” Taking stock of the existing literature on the subject we discuss how Rorty’s use of the “we” was received by peers and how he himself made sense of it. We then analyze Rorty’s oeuvre in order to show that a b…
Comparative Philosophy without Borders
Comparative Philosophy without Borders presents original scholarship by leading contemporary comparative philosophers, each addressing a philosophical issue that transcends the concerns of any one cultural tradition. By critically discussing and weaving together these contributions in terms of their philosophical presuppositions, this cutting-edge volume initiates a more sophisticated, albeit diverse, understanding of doing comparative philosophy…
Is It Scripture or Not: On Moments of Conceptual Tertium Datur
Focusing on examples related to the concept of scripture, I highlight certain moments of indecisiveness in the context of larger processes of possible conceptual change. In these moments, agents involved in the process frequently employ language that in one way or another expresses a conceptual tertium datur. This article sets out to distinguish some of those ways, such as analogy, assertions of resemblance, quasi-status or partial scripturality,…
Ideas of justice and reconstructions of Confucian justice
Confucianism tends to play only a marginal role in current theorizing about justice, which is a global pursuit dominated by Western theory and its strong tendency to assume that justice refers to some substantive conception of distributive, socioeconomic justice. This article examines and compares reconstructions of Confucian justice by Joseph Chan, May Sim, and Fan Ruiping. Each reconstruction makes reference to both classical and modern Western…
Boaventura de Sousa Santos. The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South
Politics of Immobility: Global Knowledge Production and the Study of Europe in Asia
Europe and Asia find themselves increasingly connected. Why then do we find limited knowledge mobility in the study of Europe throughout Asia? What factors drive this immobility? This article takes account of the existing literature and complements it by offering a more global picture of European Studies in Asia. Throughout, we assume a decidedly political perspective. The study of Europe, we claim, is not only an academic affair, but subject to …
Towards Post-Comparative Philosophy: Interview with Ralph Weber
/
Global Philosophy, Positionality, and Non-Relativist Perspectivism
A new vocabulary has prominently entered the discourse of comparative philosophy. Such philosophy, and philosophy as such, is often supposed to be “global,” “cosmopolitan,” “fusion,” or “post-comparative.” The intention is to have a more global scope in what counts as philosophy and to be more inclusive of standpoints. A key term is “positionality.” In this article, I first translate a tension between globality and positionality into the problem …
Philosophy (15 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (7 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)