Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies
CHINA STUDIES
PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, PEACEBUILDING AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
WSPC-ECNU Series on China - Vol 5
CHINA’S PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
Evolving Norms, Agenda and Practices
Rediscovery of Chinese Spiritual Essence
edited by Yanjun Guo & Ji Miao (China Foreign Affairs University, China)
edited by Ruiquan Gao & Guanjun Wu (East China Normal University, China)
Preventive diplomacy constitutes an important part of international conflict resolution mechanisms. This book presents the latest research trends in ideations, institutions and practices in preventive diplomacy and other peacebuilding measures of Asia-Pacific countries to ensure traditional and non-traditional security within and beyond the region. It studies peacebuilding issues range from North Korea nuclear issue in Northeast Asia, disputes in the South China Sea, Afghanistan peace process and China-India-Pakistan interaction in South Asia, UN peacebuilding in Central Asia, etc. It explores general security issues at the state, international, regional and global levels by experts from the Asia-Pacific.
China’s Philosophical S t u d i e s : Re d i s c ove r y of Chinese Spiritual Essence collects essential research findings of China’s philosophical studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including thoughts in China’s Spring and Autumn Period, Chinese virtue of trust, establishing morals, historical studies of Chinese philosophy, etc.
Featured Contents: Regime and Ideation: The ASEAN Regional Forum at 25: Moving Forward or Standing Still?; The Interconnection between Religion and Peace from the Perspective of Peace Studies; Approaches and Practices: The North Korean Nuclear Crisis Response from the Perspective of the US Preventive Diplomacy; China’s International Cooperation on Environmental Protection with Opportunities and Challenges under the New Normal; Pakistan’s Attitudes towards China’s Involvement in Regional Conflicts Resolution; Issues and Cases: Practice Mode and Action Dilemma of United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia; and others. Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.
Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in philosophical studies in China.
250pp 978-981-123-552-8
300pp 978-981-124-654-8
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Contents: A Computational Interpretation of Intentionality; One Hundred Years of Philosophy of Science in China; Freedom of Mind: The Source of Feng Qi’s Philosophical Creation; The Theoretical Charm of Marxism; “Dr Hunters” in the Capital; Rebuilding the Virtue of Trust: An Examination of Xin from the Perspective of the History of Ideas; The Tension and Prospect in the World of Thought in China’s Spring and Autumn Period; The Interpretation of Classics and “Establishing Morals”; The Confucian Way as a Philosophical System; Knowledge and Action in a Deweyian Perspective; A Concise History of Chinese Philosophy; A Critical Theorist’s Work Is Never Finished: A Review of Stefan Müller Doohm’s Jürgen Habermas: Eine Biographie; Elusive Understanding-why; Some Fundamental Problems in Buddhology.
