{"product_id":"language-as-bodily-practice-in-early-china-a-chinese-grammatology-9781438468600","title":"Language as Bodily Practice in Early China: A Chinese Grammatology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges the idea held by many prominent twentieth-century Sinologists that early China experienced a \"language crisis.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Geaney argues that early Chinese conceptions of speech and naming cannot be properly understood if viewed through the dominant Western philosophical tradition in which language is framed through dualisms that are based on hierarchies of speech and writing, such as reality\/appearance and one\/many. Instead, early Chinese texts repeatedly create pairings of sounds and various visible things. This aural\/visual polarity suggests that texts from early China treat speech as a bodily practice that is not detachable from its use in everyday experience. Firmly grounded in ideas about bodies from the early texts themselves, Geaney's interpretation offers new insights into three key themes in these texts: the notion of speakers' intentions (\u003ci\u003ey\u003c\/i\u003ei), the physical process of emulating exemplary people, and Confucius's proposal to rectify names (\u003ci\u003ezhengming\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Geaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438468600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Geaney \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Richmond and the author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Epistemology of the Senses in Early Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44615050035315,"sku":"9781438468600","price":58.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_196d06df-b9ff-4db7-978a-43da82f3146d.jpg?v=1775149903","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/language-as-bodily-practice-in-early-china-a-chinese-grammatology-9781438468600","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}