Wisdom and Philosophy: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches

Hans-Georg Moeller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau in Macau, ChinaAndrew K. Whitehead is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University, USA

• 1. Introduction, Andrew Whitehead, Kennesaw State University, USAPart I: Chinese Wisdom2. Living Wisely: Confucian Role Ethics and Second Enlightenment Thinking, Roger T. Ames, University of Hawai’i, USA3. The Wisdom of Charioteering (Yu?): Old Practice, New Perspectives, Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA4. Lessons from Stupidity: Wisdom and the “Man from Song", Jim Behuniak, Colby College, USA5. Wisdom and Human Work in Classical Chinese Philosophy, Anna Ghiglione, Université de Montréal, Canada6. Speaking the Unspeakable: Wisdom in the Chinese Tradition, Karl-Heinz Pohl, Trier University, GermanyPart II: Wisdom Compared7. The Philosopher or the Sage? Apophaticism in Europe and China, William Franke, Vanderbildt University, USA8. Wisdom as Knowledge and Wisdom as Action: Plato, Heidegger, Cicero, and Confucius, Allen Miller, University of South Carolina, USA9. Anonymous Sages: Some Sino-Greco Comparisons, Geir Sigurðsson, University of Iceland10. Seeking Wisdom with Aristotle and Zhu Xi, May Sim, College of the Holy Corss, Worcester, USA11. Wisdom as Realisation: Heidegger and Zhuangzi on Belonging in the World, Steven Burik, Singapore Management University, SingaporePart III: Contemporary Wisdom 12. Philosophy as a Spiritual Practice: An Old Idea Whose Time has Come, Sean McGrath, Memorial University, St John’s, Canada13. Wisdom Through Questioning, Globally, Wes DeMarco, Clark University, USA14. Wisdom, Modernity, and Global Buddhism, John Harding, University of Lethbridge, Canada15. Future-Oriented Philosophy and Wisdom East and West, Martin Schonfeld, University of South Florida, USA16. Returning to Wisdom: Towards a Concrete Metaphysics, Yang Guorong, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaIndex

Whatever happened to wisdom? In this new volume, Wisdom and Philosophy: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches, Hans-Georg Moeller and Andrew Whitehead challenge philosophy as a professional discipline to reflect upon the drift that has drawn it away from its original moorings. They have assembled a cadre of international scholars who from different cultural perspectives argue for "the love of wisdom" as philosophy's most noble calling. The authors in these pages have redefined and given new life to the Enlightenment project of Weltweisheit in their concerted attempt to promote philosophical discourse as a source of the inclusive "world-wisdom" that is so urgently needed in our aspirations for human flourishing.