Family and Filiality

Zhang Xianglong张祥龙(1949–2022) dedicated his career to the intercultural dialogue between Chinese and Western philosophy. His previous books include Heidegger's Thought and Chinese Dao of Heaven《海德格尔思想与中国天道and From Phenomenology to Confucius《从现象学到孔夫子》. Kevin J. Turner is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is the translator of Excavated Texts and a New Portrait of the Early Confucians by Wang Zhongjiang.

• Preface1. Between Confucianism's "Treating Family Affectionately" and Kierkegaard's "Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac"2. Is Human Nature Related to the Family and the Way of Filial Reverence? Critiquing the New Culture Movement on the Family3. Anthropology and the Temporality of the Way of Filial Reverence4. Imagination and Historical Memory: The Stratification of Internal Time Consciousness5. Incest Taboos and the Way of Filial Reverence6. Incest and Plato's Republic7. Who Should Care for the Elderly?8. Parents, Children, and the Confucian Classics9. Toward a Confucian Special Zone by Way of an Intercultural Dialogue with the Amish10. Can Confucianism Accept a Matriarchal Family? Learning from the Matriarchal Mosuo of Southwestern China11. Family Relations and the Way of Filial Reverence in Harry PotterNotesWorks CitedIndex

"This work ranges enormously far and wide and serves as a postscript to [Zhang's] thoughts and career … For a unique view into the mind of a Chinese scholar, this work will prove interesting." — CHOICE"As a stimulating thinker, Zhang Xianglong looks to the family, believing it to be capable, in its own right, of revealing the nature of human beings and the social foundation for human flourishing. His engaging and insightful analyses combine empirical evidence and sophisticated philosophical arguments inspired by both Confucian and Western philosophers. This translation is a must-read for anyone concerned with the family and society, and especially for those interested in the cross-cultural dialogue on these issues." — Wang Jue, Xi'an Jiaotong University