CHINESE TRADITION AND GLOBALIZATION 3
 

​SESSION THREE:   CHINESE AESTHETICS
 

Initially we will be guided by the following questions:
            1.  What is the role of harmony in the history of Chinese philosophy? 
            2. How might we define harmony? 
            3. Are there Western comparisons with the Chinese emphasis upon harmony? 
            4. What is lost and what is gained by an emphasis upon the philosophy of harmony? 
 
READING
Li Zehou and Jane Cavell, 
Four Essays on Aesthetics
Toward a Global View, 
Lexington Books, 2006, 17-29
 
Li Zehou, The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition, 58-68.