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Announcement Type: SIP Online Lecture Series on Tianxia Institution: Society for Intercultural Philosophy (SIP) Location: Online Date: September – December 2022 __________________________________________________ The Society for Intercultural Philosophy (Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie) invites to the next sessions of their lecture series in intercultural philosophy issues. The next four lectures will deal with the concept of Tianxia, which Zhao Tingyang has recently proposed as a possible new world order based on various strands of Chinese tradition as well as some ideas from liberal political theory. Zhao Tingyang will first present his ideas and then three speakers will critically comment on them. Please note that due to the time difference, these lectures will all take place at 2 pm CE(S)T. 22 September, 2 pm CEST = UTC+2: Zhao Tingyang (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing): “The maze of Tianxia – all-under-heaven” 20 October, 2 pm CEST = UTC+2: Stephen Angle (Wesleyan university, Middletown, CT): “The Limits of Tianxia” 17 November, 2 pm CET = UTC+1: Georg Stenger (University of Vienna): tba 15 December, 2 pm CET = UTC+1: Aurélie Névot (EHESS, Paris): “From Tianxia to Tianxia-ism“ Description Tianxia is a central concept in classical Chinese philosophy. Literally translated, it means "everything under heaven". Among other aspects, it denotes the political ideal of a world order. ZHAO Tingyang has taken up this aspect of tianxia in a book published in 2016 and since translated into numerous languages, with the aim of "realistically presenting the idealistic concept of tianxia" to make it interesting for the present. Zhao places particular emphasis on the fact that tianxia is an integrative order that encompasses the entire world and "knows no outside". Unlike the political philosophy of the West, which in his view resorts to nation-state concepts and must therefore always seek to balance different interests, tianxia is able to ensure peace and security for all simply by starting from the world. According to Zhao, the concept of tianxia emerged in the 11th and 10th centuries before our time, driven primarily by the Duke of Zhou. The philosophy of tianxia incorporates elements of Daoism, Moism, Guan-zi, Confucius, and Xun-zi. Zhao complements them with individual moments of liberal political philosophy. In the four-lecture sequence of the SIP-lectures, the concept of Tianxia and in particular Zhao's adaptation of this concept to modern political philosophy will be appreciated and critically discussed. Participation Participation is free. You are kindly invited to join these lectures. ZOOM-link for all four of these SIP-lectures: https://zoom.us/j/93910204436?pwd=TVJ0R2pzZUlCdzNlMkNkWDZFbjRZQT09 Meeting-ID: 939 1020 4436 Code: 737347 For more information please visit our website: http://www.int-gip.de/gip-lectures/ Contact: Dr. Niels Weidtmann, President Society for Intercultural Philosophy Email: niels.weidtm...@cof.uni-tuebingen.de __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
