How Long to Read The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies

How Long Does it Take to Read The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies by Benoît Vermander

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book revisits the encounter between Chinese and Western philosophy while unfolding questions about the way "comparative philosophy" is conducted today. In the vulgate of intellectual history, "Western thought" has constructed a substantialist view of reality that puts "relations" and "processes" into a subordinate position. The same view explains for the primacy given to the autonomy of individual beings. In contrast, according to the same vulgate, Chinese thought has been mainly stressing the fluidity of all phenomena and forms of life so as to best adapt to their overarching patterns. I label such vision the Disneyland of comparative philosophy. It deciphers texts, partly in function of concepts that it extracts from them, partly according to notions that are superimposed over these texts. The two first chapters are focused upon the Western version of the "Disneyland of comparative philosophy." The third chapter shifts to Chinese narratives about local, comparative and global philosophies. In contrast to these approaches, the fourth chapter offers a blueprint as to the way to engage different philosophical traditions into tasks they define and share together. A last chapter presents four cases of ongoing transcultural philosophical dialogues and the promises they bear. Once it develops outside pre-formatted narratives, the web shaped by our philosophies and wisdoms suggests the outlines of a world that we could inhabit together.

How long is The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies?

The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies by Benoît Vermander is 266 pages long, and a total of 68,096 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 12 minutes to read The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies aloud.

What Reading Level is The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies?

The Encounter of Chinese and Western Philosophies is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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