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A Confucian Life in America Tu Wei-ming
Title
A Confucian Life in America [electronic resource (video)] : Tu Wei-ming / Public Affairs Television (Firm).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c1990.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 24, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
Whether lecturing at Beijing University or in his classroom at Harvard University, Tu Wei-ming personifies the meeting of East and West. A student of modern thought and very much a modern man himself, his roots run back to Confucius, the philosopher of ancient China. To anyone who thinks Confucianism quaint or irrelevant, Tu Wei-ming argues that the humanism of the old sage can help us sort out some contemporary ethical problems. In his view, the ways in which the humanistic philosophy of the East meshes with Western technology and democratic values tell us much about the future of China and industrial East Asia, and about our survival on an endangered planet. He returns to China regularly to lecture on Confucian thought. In this program with Bill Moyers, Tu Wei-ming discusses the relevance of Confucian philosophy to our times.
Variant and related titles
Tu Wei-ming
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 27, 2021
Performers
Hosted by Bill Moyers.
Audience
12 & up.
Contents
East Meets West Personified (1:20)
Relevance of Ancient Religions (2:19)
On Being Confucian (2:40)
Learning to be Human (1:17)
Encouraging Empathy (1:28)
Modernization's Effects on Eastern Thought (2:41)
Retaining Spirituality (1:18)
Reconciling Confucianism with Communism (1:29)
Contradictions within Confucianism (2:23)
From Cultural Philosophy to Political Practice (1:48)
Tiananmen Massacre (1:45)
Consciousness of Duty (1:09)
A Fusion of World Views (2:55)
Credits: A Confucian Life in America: Tu Wei-ming (1:36)
Videorecording number
5005 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Public Affairs Television (Firm)
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