Family and Filiality

<p><b>Compares Chinese and Western perspectives on the family.</b></p><p>This book is a timely contribution to the growing field of the philosophy of the family. Drawing on a lifetime of research in Western and Chinese philosophy Zhang Xianglong adopts a comparative perspective to navigate between Greek philosophy phenomenology and Confucianism to explore such topics as the nature of the family filiality human nature temporality memory incest taboos the future of Confucianism and popular literature. He weaves his vast intercultural knowledge and understanding into penetrating philosophical social literary and anthropological insights that reveal the strengths and weaknesses of Western and Chinese conceptions of the family. This book is a paradigm of comparative philosophy and demonstrates the value of the Chinese intellectual tradition for modern philosophy.</p>