Considering, Questioning and Reimagining Harmony: Multicultural, Multihistorical and Multidisciplinary Reflections - Hardcover

 
9781350453210: Considering, Questioning and Reimagining Harmony: Multicultural, Multihistorical and Multidisciplinary Reflections
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1350453218 ISBN 13: 9781350453210
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (UK), 2025

Synopsis

Are harmony and disruption mutually exclusive? This collection critically examines the concept of harmony and its association with perfection.

Harmony is pursued by individuals, families, societies and nations as a fundamental value. Yet it often comes at the cost of freedom, creativity and individuality. This book explores ways in which it may be misleading to regard harmony as opposed to difference or to think that harmony and disruption are independent.

Featuring examples of historically and culturally diverse perspectives of harmony, an international line-up of contributors reflect on ideas from ancient Greek, Chinese, Indian and Japanese thought. They draw on modern and contemporary thinkers and from music and design perspectives. The range of historical and cultural reflections make it possible to re-imagine the concept and practice of harmony, either by incorporating a role for disruption, or by recognising a dynamic in which disruption balances the overreach of harmony.

By including historically and culturally diverse perspectives of harmony to widen the horizons of consideration, this collection present a more inclusive understanding of this major philosophical and political concept.

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About the Authors

Karyn Lai is Professor of Philosophy at the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Rick Benitez is Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Chenyang Li is Professor of philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he founded the philosophy program. He is the author of The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy (1999), The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony (2013), Reshaping Confucianism: A Progressive Inquiry (2023) and over 100 essays.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic (UK)
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1350453218
ISBN 13 
9781350453210
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
328
Editor
Karyn Lai, Rick Benitez, Chenyang Li