Podcast
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
Hosted by Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers · EN
Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.
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HPC 58. Historical Fiction? Texts in the Han
5d ago00:18:53Tap to summarizeHow were the texts of the Han dynasty different from those in the Warring States period? How historical circumstances shaped philosophical writing, and how texts in turn shaped Han political culture.
Transcribe →HPC 57. Rise and Fall, and Rise and Fall: the Han Dynasty
3w ago00:18:11Tap to summarizeThe relationship between philosophy and politics in the Han Dynasty, focusing on the example of Huang-Lao, a typically “eclectic” tradition of thought.
Transcribe →HPC 56. Yuri Pines on Legalism
Jun 2100:33:45Tap to summarizeAn interview about fa-thinkers like Shang Yang and Han Feizi, exploring their relationship to the Qin dynasty and to other schools of thought.
Transcribe →HPC 55. More Gain, Less Pain: the Legalists on Human Nature
Jun 700:20:44Tap to summarizeDid the fa-thinkers recognize that human beings natural have moral capacities or dispositions? How did they try to manipulate human nature?
Transcribe →HPC 54. Learning to Unlearn: Han Feizi and Confucianism
May 2400:19:42Tap to summarizeDoes Han Feizi’s focus on “standards” allow him to provide a more realistic political theory than the Confucian focus on moral cultivation?
Transcribe →HPC 53. A Worm Riding Clouds: Standards, Strategy and Power in the Han Feizi
May 1000:22:51Tap to summarizeThe Han Feizi and its “three pillars” of Legalist philosophy: fa (standards), shu (strategy), and shi (positional power).
Transcribe →HPC 52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty
Apr 2600:18:07Tap to summarizeWas the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?
Transcribe →HPC 51. Standard Bearers: What is “Legalism"?
Apr 1200:21:11Tap to summarizeThe “fa-thinkers” Shang Yang and Han Feizi encourage the rigorous application of “standards,” including law, reward, and punishment.
Transcribe →HPC 50. Bryan Van Norden on Warring States Philosophy
Mar 2900:59:14Tap to summarizeTo celebrate reaching 50 episodes in this series, Karyn and Peter both chat to a leading scholar of Warring States philosophy.
Transcribe →HPC 49. Hans-Georg Moeller on the Zhuangzi
Mar 1500:28:30Tap to summarizeAn interview on humor and amoral ethics in a Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi - and its relation to Confucianism and Legalism.
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