Shadowlands of objectivism and comprehensiveness : an introduction to key concepts in Zhang Shenfuʼs Philosophical Thought (1919-1948)

Vrhovski, Jan (author)

The article aims at presenting an overview of the main concepts in the philosophical thought of Zhang Shenfu, one of the leading intellectuals from Republican China (1912–1949). The study sets out from a brief summary of Zhang’s intellectual achievements, and proceeds by offering a more concise picture of the main influences, developmental stages and finally also central ideas of Zhang’s thought. By offering a general view on the concrete confluences and dissonances between the keystones of Zhang’s philosophy on one side, and its alleged sources in Western and Chinese philosophy on the other, this study further aims at presenting a new insight into the unique characteristics of Zhang’s philosophy. At the same time, by setting the discussion on Zhang’s philosophy in a broader context of contemporary intellectual discourse, the article also endeavours to establish a tentative basis for the future critical analyses and potential revaluations of Zhang Shenfu’s role in intellectual history of modern China.

• Language: English
• Keywords: modern Chinese philosophy, dialectical materalism, Western science, Zhang Shenfu, objectivism, comprehensiveness, mathematical logic
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 227-262
• Numbering: Vol. 9 (25), iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-142877
• UDC: 1(510)
• ISSN on article: 2232-5131
• DOI: 10.4312/as.2021.9.1.227-262
• COBISS.SI-ID: 48285443
• Publication date in RUL: 30.11.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Asian studies
• Publisher: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-5131
• COBISS.SI-ID: 265206272

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.
• Licensing start date: 08.01.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Mejna območja objektivizma in vseobsežnosti
• Keywords: moderna kitajska filozofija, dialektični materializem, zahodna znanost, Zhang Shenfu, objektivizem, matematična logika

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: N6-0161
• Name: Humanizem v medkulturni perspektivi: Evropa in Kitajska