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On Family: The Individual and Kinship Affection

On Family: The Individual and Kinship Affection

Xiangchen, Sun

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral Eastern Religions

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 3, 2027

ISBN10: 104147282X
ISBN13: 9781041472827
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 3 2027
Pages: 292
Language: English

This book conducts a cross-cultural, philosophical inquiry into the concept of family, exploring both Chinese and Western traditions, ancient and modern.

Rooted in the Chinese tradition and centered on the dual-core of the individual and kinship affection, this book calls for rigorous conceptual reconstruction and sustained contemporary reflection on the family. Drawing on Chinese and Western philosophical traditions, the study reaffirms the ontological status of the family in Chinese culture, considering it a fundamental means of understanding the world. The author presents a dual-core framework that highlights the interdependent relationship between the individual and kinship affection, distinguishes between individuals based on rights and individuals based on moral autonomy, and traces the historical evolution of individualism and clan centrism during China's New Culture Movement. By introducing core notions such as generative creativity, kinship affection, and being-between-generations, this book engages in dialogue with existential analyses by thinkers such as Heidegger and Levinas. It thereby provides an intellectually productive theoretical framework for reinterpreting the family within contemporary philosophical discourse.

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