The Ambivalence of Creation: Debates Concerning Innovation and Artifice in Early China

by Michael J. Puett

Overview

This book studies the debates that raged in China from the Warring States period to the early Han concerning how and under what circumstances new institutions could be formed and legitimated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804780346
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Publication date:	08/01/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	994 KB

About the Author

Michael J. Puett is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Humanities at Harvard University.

Editorial Reviews

"Lucid, cogent, and stimulating, it should make an instructive and delightful read for anyone who is interested in Chinese philosophy, religion, and history."

Zhou Yiqun

"Puett's brilliant textual, intertextual, and contextual analysis allows him to discern heretofore largely neglected aspects and nuances of intellectual controversies and their impanct on early imperial thought. . . . The Ambivalence of Creation is a welcome addition to the field of ancient Chinese thought and culture, as well as mythology, historiography, and literature."

The Journal of American Studies

"...a clearly written, well-argued, and important book [that] performs a valuable service to the field by problematizing deeply entrenched assumptions about early Chinese thought."

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