Ogyu Sorai's Philosophical Masterworks
The Bendo and Benmei
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19907932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John A Tucker (0000-0002-2964-8949, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 496 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Ogyu Sorai's Philosophical Masterworks (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780824841386 |
| OpenAlex | W646759884 |
| Open Library | OL29375069M |
| ISBN | 9780824841386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Ogyû Sorai (1666-1728) was one of the greatest philosophers of early modern Japan. This volume, a monumental work of scholarship, offers for the first time in any Western language unabridged and fully annotated translations of Sorai's masterpieces. The Bendô (Distinguishing the Way) and Benmei (Distinguishing Names) are works of political philosophy that define the theoretical foundation for a leadership exercising total power, the best remedy, in Sorai's view, for a regime in crisis. The translations are based on the 1740 (Genbun 5) woodblock edition, the first major edition of these seminal texts published during the Tokugawa period. In his commentary, John Tucker situates the Bendô and Benmei in relation to Neo-Confucianism via what is known as "philosophical lexicography." This genre, which links Sorai's thinking with Neo-Confucianism, is traced to the early-thirteenth-century Song dynasty text the Xingli ziyi (The Meanings of Neo-Confucian Terms) by Chen Beixi (1159-1223)
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |