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Bryan W. Van Norden Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Leading scholar of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism; opinions my own; retweets are not endorsements. he/his

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Book Cover for: Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition, Alasdair MacIntyre

Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition

Alasdair MacIntyre
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@rekmarks @HaneMaung I was afraid someone would ask that! Lol! I'm currently at home and my books are in my office. I'll look for some good references there, but there is a pretty good discussion, as I recall, in MacIntyre's book "Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry."

Paperback, 2016

$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Daodejing, Laozi

Daodejing

Laozi
Bryan W. Van NordenBryan W. Van Norden

@elementalbk @WilliamsAustinM Have you read Wang Bi's commentary on Laozi's Daodejing? https://t.co/D64UBOeweY

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Neo-Confucianism: A Philosophical Introduction, Stephen C. Angle

Neo-Confucianism: A Philosophical Introduction

Stephen C. Angle
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And then Justin Tiwald (of @HKUniversity) and I co-edited Readings in Later Chinese Philosophy to provide an alternative to Chan for later Chinese philosophy, especially Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism. I'm pleased... 4/5 https://t.co/SUlunDSPlX

Paperback, 2017

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Democracy in America, Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America

Alexis De Tocqueville
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"America is therefore one of the countries in the world where philosophy is least studied, and where the precepts of Descartes are best applied." —Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Paperback, 2002

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Posthumous Works Of Thomas De Quincey (1891), Thomas de Quincey

The Posthumous Works Of Thomas De Quincey (1891)

Thomas de Quincey
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How un-American is it that I am spending #SuperBowlSunday reading "Suspiria de Profundis" by Thomas De Quincey with my cat? https://t.co/57CMXZpOrf

Paperback, 2010

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Book Cover for: Ways of Confucianism: Investigations in Chinese Philosophy, David S. Nivison

Ways of Confucianism: Investigations in Chinese Philosophy

David S. Nivison
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@simonm223 @omnicronrho77 Taylor Carman and Bryan W. Van Norden, Review of Heidegger and Asian Thought in Sino-Platonic Papers, and David S. Nivison, "Moral Decision in Wang Yangming: The Problem of Chinese Existentialism" in Nivison, The Ways of Confucianism.

Paperback, 1999

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Joshua Bloom

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Joshua Bloom
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Ordered! Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party https://t.co/vktaCJ2rAY

Paperback, 2016

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity, Charles Taylor

Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity

Charles Taylor
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@hughmarlowe2 @DeadPhilosophe5 @AnarresProject @pschofie79 @eschwitz @philosophypills Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self Agree! https://t.co/1G20LgbQcx

Paperback, 1992

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima
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New Post on My Substack: Sex and Existentialism: Mishima's Controversial "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" https://t.co/Ei0neyTRpM

Paperback, 1994

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China: Contestation of Humaneness, Justice, and Personal Freedom, Tao Jiang

Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China: Contestation of Humaneness, Justice, and Personal Freedom

Tao Jiang
Bryan W. Van NordenBryan W. Van Norden

Eric Hutton's insightful review of Tao Jiang's "Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China" just came out in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. https://t.co/BCf1xxKjq6

Paperback, 2021

$40.99$20.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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