Erica Brindley
Biographic Data
| ID | 698815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Brindley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Brindley |
| SIGNATURE | BRINDLEY E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Deconstructing “Hedonism”
China’s South and Beyond
“Sagacity” and the Heaven–Human Relationship in the Wuxing 五行
Spontaneous Arising
This paper explains how, in a relatively short, newly excavated bamboo text called the Hengxian, the author provides an intriguing version of what it means for humans to act in accordance with the creative forces of the cosmos. I show that, rather than focus on effortless action per se, the author presents an account of the creation of the entire cosmos, which lays the foundation for understanding the central process of creative change in the cos…
Cultural Identity and the Canonization Of Music in Early China
This article shows that over the course of the Warring States period (479–221 BCE) authors began to organize and categorize music in a manner that helped define and reinforce their conceptions of themselves as a distinct cultural or ethnic group: variously referred to as the Huaxia, Zhuxia, and Zhou. By examining how Ruist (Confucian) authors articulated distinctions among various types of music, and by showing how such identifications denigrated…
Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China
Individualism in early China
“Why Use an Ox-Cleaver to Carve a Chicken?” The Sociology of the Junzi Ideal in the Lunyu
Central to Confucian teachings in the Analects is the ideal of self-cultivation—in particular that of the junzi 君子 (“gentleman” “nobleman”) ideal. At the same time that Confucius recommends that individuals follow such an ideal, he also places limits on who actually might attain it. By examining statements involving such terms as the junzi, the “petty man” ( xiao ren 小人), and the “masses” ( min 民, or zhong 眾), or common people, this essay highlig…
Human Agency and the Ideal of Shang Tong (Upward Conformity) in Early Mohist Writings
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 34, Issue 3 p. 409-425 HUMAN AGENCY AND THE IDEAL OF SHANG TONG (UPWARD CONFORMITY) IN EARLY MOHIST WRITINGS† ERICA BRINDLEY, Corresponding Author ERICA BRINDLEY PENN STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaERICA BRINDLEY, assistant professor, Religious Studies Program and Department of History, Penn State University. Specialties: Chinese thought and religion, intellectual history of early China. E-mail: […
The Cosmic Power of Sound in the Late Warring States and Han Periods
Writings that link sound to the cosmos became prominent in Warring States and early imperial times, as scholars began to elaborate on systems of intricate, resonant connections among objects in the cosmos. According to the systems of spontaneous resonance that they proposed, innate linkages among objects or phenomena not only existed, but they exerted causal effects in the world. Objects were categorized according to a system of correlations assi…
Music, Cosmos, and the Development of Psychology in Early China
Music plays an important role in the development of discourses on the body, and, in particular, on psychology. From the received and excavated textual record dating to the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. we gain insights into the emergence of an elaborate logos of the psyche, or "psychology," as such a psychology relates to the cosmos. The article explores two orientations on the role of music in psychology. The first and earlier orientation outlines …
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Music, Cosmos, and the Development of Psychology in Early China
Music plays an important role in the development of discourses on the body, and, in particular, on psychology. From the received and excavated textual record dating to the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. we gain insights into the emergence of an elaborate logos of the psyche, or "psychology," as such a psychology relates to the cosmos. The article explores two orientations on the role of music in psychology. The first and earlier orientation outlines …
Human Agency and the Ideal of Shang Tong (Upward Conformity) in Early Mohist Writings
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 34, Issue 3 p. 409-425 HUMAN AGENCY AND THE IDEAL OF SHANG TONG (UPWARD CONFORMITY) IN EARLY MOHIST WRITINGS† ERICA BRINDLEY, Corresponding Author ERICA BRINDLEY PENN STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaERICA BRINDLEY, assistant professor, Religious Studies Program and Department of History, Penn State University. Specialties: Chinese thought and religion, intellectual history of early China. E-mail: […
The Cosmic Power of Sound in the Late Warring States and Han Periods
Writings that link sound to the cosmos became prominent in Warring States and early imperial times, as scholars began to elaborate on systems of intricate, resonant connections among objects in the cosmos. According to the systems of spontaneous resonance that they proposed, innate linkages among objects or phenomena not only existed, but they exerted causal effects in the world. Objects were categorized according to a system of correlations assi…
“Why Use an Ox-Cleaver to Carve a Chicken?” The Sociology of the Junzi Ideal in the Lunyu
Central to Confucian teachings in the Analects is the ideal of self-cultivation—in particular that of the junzi 君子 (“gentleman” “nobleman”) ideal. At the same time that Confucius recommends that individuals follow such an ideal, he also places limits on who actually might attain it. By examining statements involving such terms as the junzi, the “petty man” ( xiao ren 小人), and the “masses” ( min 民, or zhong 眾), or common people, this essay highlig…
Individualism in early China
Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China
Spontaneous Arising
This paper explains how, in a relatively short, newly excavated bamboo text called the Hengxian, the author provides an intriguing version of what it means for humans to act in accordance with the creative forces of the cosmos. I show that, rather than focus on effortless action per se, the author presents an account of the creation of the entire cosmos, which lays the foundation for understanding the central process of creative change in the cos…
Cultural Identity and the Canonization Of Music in Early China
This article shows that over the course of the Warring States period (479–221 BCE) authors began to organize and categorize music in a manner that helped define and reinforce their conceptions of themselves as a distinct cultural or ethnic group: variously referred to as the Huaxia, Zhuxia, and Zhou. By examining how Ruist (Confucian) authors articulated distinctions among various types of music, and by showing how such identifications denigrated…
“Sagacity” and the Heaven–Human Relationship in the Wuxing 五行
Deconstructing “Hedonism”
China’s South and Beyond
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