{"product_id":"early-china-ancient-greece-thinking-through-comparisons-paperback","title":"Early China\/Ancient Greece: Thinking through Comparisons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Shankman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen W. Durrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first edited volume in Sino-Hellenic studies, this book compares early Chinese and ancient Greek thought and culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering book compares Chinese and Western thought to offer a bracing and unpredictable cross-cultural conversation. The work contributes to the emerging field of Sino-Hellenic studies, which links two great and influential cultures that, in fact, had virtually no contact during the ancient period. The patterns of thought and the cultural productions of early China and ancient Greece represent two significantly different responses to the myriad problems that human beings confront. Throughout this volume the comparisons between these cultures evince two critical ideas. First, that thinking is itself an inherently comparative activity. Through making comparisons, the familiar becomes strange, and the strange somewhat more familiar. Second, since we think through comparisons, we should think them all the way through. How valid and productive are the comparisons and contrasts made between particular works and different styles of thought that emerged from two different, although contemporaneous, cultural contexts?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the University of Oregon, \u003cb\u003eSteven Shankman \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and \u003cb\u003eStephen W. Durrant \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Chinese. They are coauthors of \u003ci\u003eThe Siren and the Sage: Knowledge and Wisdom in Ancient Greece and China\u003c\/i\u003e. Shankman is also the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Classic\u003c\/i\u003e and Durrant is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cloudy Mirror: Tension and Conflict in the Writing of Sima Qian\u003c\/i\u003e, published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301214675251,"sku":"9780791453148","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/jVMhZ7b3D99780791453148.webp?v=1777507800","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/early-china-ancient-greece-thinking-through-comparisons-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}