Dr. Dawid Rogacz and Dr. Selusi Ambrogio are delighted to officially announce that the three-volume set “Chinese Philosophy and its Thinkers. From Ancient Times to the Present Day” is scheduled for publication with Bloomsbury Academic in mid-November 2024. This collective work encompasses three thousand years of Chinese thought, totalling around 1,500 pages and bringing together a team of 75 experts from four continents.
This history covers such neglected areas as ancient Chinese economic thought, ancient women thinkers, Chinese Tantric Buddhism, medieval Confucian utilitarianism, early Sino-Muslim philosophy, Chinese analytic philosophy, the philosophy of the PRC’s ethnic minorities, Chinese bioethics, and much more. In the words of one of its reviewers, it is simply “the most comprehensive work in English on the history of Chinese philosophy.”
The project has been done for three years since its commissioning, while the proper editing of received submissions has been done in only two. It followed an original design renegotiated through an in-depth conversation with the authors, resulting in a much-needed comprehensive and up-to-date history of Chinese philosophy.
Vol. I Chinese Ancient and Early Imperial Philosophy
Vol. II Chinese Imperial Philosophy After Buddhism
Vol. III Chinese Philosophy from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
The list of chapters on the collection’s website is available here.