{"product_id":"mencius-on-becoming-human-jim-jr-behuniak-9780791462294","title":"Mencius on Becoming Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new interpretation of the Confucian classic, the Mencius, based on both traditional sources and newly discovered documents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing current research from traditional sources and newly unearthed documents dating from the Warring States period (403-221 B.C.E.), Mencius on Becoming Human offers a timely interpretation of a central text in the Confucian canon. The author carefully reconstructs the philosophical assumptions that underwrite the teachings of the Mencius, returning the text to its native intellectual world. The result is a compelling new reading of an ancient classic, one that is both sensitive to the details of historical context and contemporary in its philosophical implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Behuniak Jr. argues that the notion of an essential, ahistorical \"human nature\" is not part of the process of \"becoming human\" outlined in the Mencius. Rather, becoming human is described as a process of developing a qualitatively \"human\" disposition within specific cultural and historical conditions as these are understood within a Warring States cosmology. The central themes of the Menciusthe importance of family, moral development, and human advancementare each discussed within this reconstructed framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Jr. Behuniak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791462293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791462294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.18w x 0.73d","brand":"Jim Jr. Behuniak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621787873535,"sku":"9780791462294","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mencius-on-becoming-human-jim-jr-behuniak-9780791462294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}