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Handbook of Christianity in China
The second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 to the present day, dealing with the complexities of both Catholic and Protestant aspects.
Meaning and Controversy within Chinese Ancestor Religion
Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations. These practices are rooted in the lived experience of practitioners, and therefore need to be considered as embodied expressions of the quest for existential meaning. For practitioners, the achievement of existential meaning requires the inclusion, implication, and mediation of the ancestors. When gestures in ancestor rites are analyzed from this perspective it is possible to appreciate their essence as constitutive of “ancestor religion.” This book uses an inquisitive method that investigates the discrepancies between foreign and local explanations, and proposes another hermeneutic framework for ancestor related praxes.
Zen Master Rilke: The Gatha of the Idiot. Who Plays Ball
«The Song of the Idiot» is one of the paradoxical poems by R. M. Rilke (1875—1926), the greatest modernist poet of the 20th century. After reading this funny book, the reader will know what this poem has in common with Zen’s sense of nonsense. As the story goes, when the famous Master Tho Idi heard this «Song», he exclaimed, «If I am asked about the Sense of all sense, I will bounce like a fool’s ball». The book is illustrated with drawings by Zen artists of the Edo period.
Reality, Science and the Sanatan
Explore the captivating confluence of ancient wisdom and modern science in "Reality Science and Sanatan". Authored by a seasoned police officer and medical graduate, this ground-breaking exploration unveils the profound connections between Sanatan philosophy and contemporary Science and physics. Sanatan philosophy stands out for its profound depth and striking parallels with modern science, owing to the extraordinary gifts of ancient Indians: a remarkable capacity for abstraction, mastery in mathematics, and the precision of Sanskrit as a perfect language for expression. In a commendable and rare feat, the author, with dual expertise in medicine and law enforcement, defies conventions. Few contemporaries dare to venture where ancient philosophy meets the frontiers of modern science, making this literary endeavour an extraordinary achievement. Brace yourself to expand your mind and challenge preconceptions in a world that defies understanding, as this unique journey beckons you to unravel the mysteries of existence.
Chinese Tales of Vampires, Beasts, Genies and Men
These tales were collected in China in the late nineteenth century by Leon Wieger, who translated a large number of them, published as Folklore Chinois Moderne (Modern Chinese Folklore).
The Wound of the Name
Winner of the Global Humanities Translation Prize Abdelkébir Khatibi’s The Wound of the Name (1974) is a classic work of North African critical theory that seeks to decolonize French ways of looking at and writing about Maghreb cultures. Writing at the height of French semiotics’ popularity and prestige, Khatibi proposes intersemiotics as a study of signs that pass through related but different cultural geographies, times, and expressions. Proverbs, tattoos, the rhetoric of lovemaking, calligraphy, and oral storytelling show a circulation of cultural signifiers over, across, and against borders. Signs are not stagnant; meaning is not fixed. Khatibi’s intent is in keeping with his emergent double critique, which aims to redefine not only European understanding of North African culture but also North African self-understanding, by freeing it from the anthropological mandates of the modern colonial era as well as from the retrenched theocratic models that were characteristic of North African postcolonial states.
Warlord
This is an inquiry into the dynamics of local and regional government in China, as illustrated by the policies of the warlord Yen Hsi-shan. The schemes Hsi-shan tried to carry out in Shansi constitute one of the last systematic attempts in China to bring about reform along conservative lines. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Behind the Great Wall
This work explores what lies behind the fantastic barrier in a borderland that C. G. Jung called the unconscious, the avant-garde writer Kafka termed incomprehensive, and Whitlark argues is an entire spectrum of muted awareness.
