Albert Galvany
Biographic Data
| ID | 460683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Galvany |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Galvany |
| SIGNATURE | GALVANY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0691-157X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How to Lose Weight with Confucius
This article provides a textual analysis of the first pericope of the * Junzi wei li manuscript, which consists of a brief exchange between Confucius and his disciple Yan Yuan. My primary goal is to conduct a meticulous analysis of the episode, highlighting its immense value not only for re-evaluating the meaning and scope of some core ethical concepts in the Confucian school, primarily the notion of yi 義 , and for understanding the pedagogical a…
Saved by a giant gourd
The Craft of Oblivion
Legal Mutilation and Moral Exclusion
This article examines attitudes evidenced in pre-imperial and Han sources (ritual compendia, historical chronicles, legal codes, administrative texts, and philosophical literature) towards visually repulsive individuals, in particular those who have undergone a penal mutilation. We start from the perception of bodily harm in the light of legal and ritual norms and the moral imperative of physical integrity, and then set out to analyze the concret…
Radical alterity in theZhuangzi
An extraordinary horde of aberrant, deformed, and grotesque beings inhabits the writings collected in theZhuangzi.Crippled, malformed, hideous, foolish, eccentric, and even outlawed individuals conquer the central place of philosophical narration, traditionally proscribed for them, and create one of the most important and intriguing voices echoing through the text. Yet, for all their undeniably significant presence, scholars of ancient Chinese ph…
The court as a battlefield
Most scholarly contributions analysing the Han Feizi tend not only to overlook the influence military literature might have had on its conception and unfolding, but also to assert that the figure of the ruler, as described in this text, and that of the commander, as portrayed in military treatises, are incompatible. In refuting this view, I shall attempt to demonstrate that the writings collected in the Han Feizi fully embrace the logic of milita…
Signs, Clues and Traces
In a considerable number of the military texts of ancient China the success of any manoeuvre demands adaptation to constantly changing circumstances and anticipation of the enemy's moves. Hence, idealized descriptions of the figures of the commander and the sage frequently overlap. In both cases, these are individuals who are able to move forward in time and predict the nature of events before they take definitive form. However, these skills of p…
Beyond the Rule of Rules
Discussing Usefulness
(2009). DISCUSSING USEFULNESS: TREES AS METAPHOR IN THE ZHUANGZI. Monumenta Serica: Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 71-97
La dialéctica entre lo civil y lo militar en la China antigua
Gran parte de los estudios recientes dedicados a la historia política e intelectual de la China antigua consideran que el recurso explícito a la violencia o a la coacción es un rasgo exclusivo de los autores adscritos al legismo (fa jia 发家) o al pensamiento militar (bing jia 兵家) es decir, a los teóricos que podríamos describir y clasificar mediante el término realpolitik; mientras que las propuestas vinculadas al confucianismo se inclinarían por …
La genealogía del poder coercitivo en la China antigua. Historia, instituciones políticas y legitimación
Violencia y persuasión
Sofistas o lógicos? Algunas consideraciones en torno al origen y evolución de la Escuela de los Nombres ( Ming Jia 名家) en la China antigua
Signs, Clues and Traces
In a considerable number of the military texts of ancient China the success of any manoeuvre demands adaptation to constantly changing circumstances and anticipation of the enemy's moves. Hence, idealized descriptions of the figures of the commander and the sage frequently overlap. In both cases, these are individuals who are able to move forward in time and predict the nature of events before they take definitive form. However, these skills of p…
The court as a battlefield
Most scholarly contributions analysing the Han Feizi tend not only to overlook the influence military literature might have had on its conception and unfolding, but also to assert that the figure of the ruler, as described in this text, and that of the commander, as portrayed in military treatises, are incompatible. In refuting this view, I shall attempt to demonstrate that the writings collected in the Han Feizi fully embrace the logic of milita…
The Craft of Oblivion
Sofistas o lógicos? Algunas consideraciones en torno al origen y evolución de la Escuela de los Nombres ( Ming Jia 名家) en la China antigua
Violencia y persuasión
La genealogía del poder coercitivo en la China antigua. Historia, instituciones políticas y legitimación
La dialéctica entre lo civil y lo militar en la China antigua
Gran parte de los estudios recientes dedicados a la historia política e intelectual de la China antigua consideran que el recurso explícito a la violencia o a la coacción es un rasgo exclusivo de los autores adscritos al legismo (fa jia 发家) o al pensamiento militar (bing jia 兵家) es decir, a los teóricos que podríamos describir y clasificar mediante el término realpolitik; mientras que las propuestas vinculadas al confucianismo se inclinarían por …
Discussing Usefulness
(2009). DISCUSSING USEFULNESS: TREES AS METAPHOR IN THE ZHUANGZI. Monumenta Serica: Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 71-97
Beyond the Rule of Rules
Signs, Clues and Traces
In a considerable number of the military texts of ancient China the success of any manoeuvre demands adaptation to constantly changing circumstances and anticipation of the enemy's moves. Hence, idealized descriptions of the figures of the commander and the sage frequently overlap. In both cases, these are individuals who are able to move forward in time and predict the nature of events before they take definitive form. However, these skills of p…
The court as a battlefield
Most scholarly contributions analysing the Han Feizi tend not only to overlook the influence military literature might have had on its conception and unfolding, but also to assert that the figure of the ruler, as described in this text, and that of the commander, as portrayed in military treatises, are incompatible. In refuting this view, I shall attempt to demonstrate that the writings collected in the Han Feizi fully embrace the logic of milita…
Radical alterity in theZhuangzi
An extraordinary horde of aberrant, deformed, and grotesque beings inhabits the writings collected in theZhuangzi.Crippled, malformed, hideous, foolish, eccentric, and even outlawed individuals conquer the central place of philosophical narration, traditionally proscribed for them, and create one of the most important and intriguing voices echoing through the text. Yet, for all their undeniably significant presence, scholars of ancient Chinese ph…
Legal Mutilation and Moral Exclusion
This article examines attitudes evidenced in pre-imperial and Han sources (ritual compendia, historical chronicles, legal codes, administrative texts, and philosophical literature) towards visually repulsive individuals, in particular those who have undergone a penal mutilation. We start from the perception of bodily harm in the light of legal and ritual norms and the moral imperative of physical integrity, and then set out to analyze the concret…
The Craft of Oblivion
Saved by a giant gourd
How to Lose Weight with Confucius
This article provides a textual analysis of the first pericope of the * Junzi wei li manuscript, which consists of a brief exchange between Confucius and his disciple Yan Yuan. My primary goal is to conduct a meticulous analysis of the episode, highlighting its immense value not only for re-evaluating the meaning and scope of some core ethical concepts in the Confucian school, primarily the notion of yi 義 , and for understanding the pedagogical a…
Philosophy (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)