1st Edition

The Reception and Rendition of Freud in China China’s Freudian Slip

Edited By Tao Jiang, Philip J. Ivanhoe Copyright 2013
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Although Freud makes only occasional, brief references to China and Chinese culture in his works, for almost a hundred years many leading Chinese intellectuals have studied and appropriated various Freudian theories. However, whilst some features of Freud’s views have been warmly embraced from the start and appreciated for their various explanatory and therapeutic values, other aspects have been... Read more

Introduction  Part I: Historical: Freud Coming to China  1. Freudianism and 20th Century Chinese Literature Ning WANG  2. The legacy of Freud’s China Connections Geoffrey Blowers  Part II: Analytic: Psychoanalyzing Chinese Experiences  3. Mother and Son in "Yue Zhong" by Pu Songling (1640–1715): A Neo-Freudian Reading of a Late Imperial Chinese Story Singchen Lydia CHIANG 4. The Filial Piety Complex: the Oedipus Complex in Chinese Cultural Context Ming Dong GU  5. Freud’s "Fetishism" and the Footbinding of Chinese Women Jack Spector  6. Neither Devotion Nor Introjection: Freudian Reflections on China’s Moral Crisis Jiwei CI  7. Psychoanalysis and Modern Chinese Literature: Positive Sublimation and Politics of Passion Ban WANG  8. Chineseness as a Liminal Form of Being: Psychoanalysis and Eileen Chang’s "Red Rose and White Rose" Te-hsuan YEH  Part III: Comparative: Freud and Classical Chinese Thought - the Universal versus the Cultural  9. Freud and China: The Pursuit of the Self and Other Fugitive Notions Lee H. Yearley  10. Freud and the Dao Philip J. Ivanhoe  11. Freud and Zhangzi: Resonances and Contrasts in their Pursuit of the Self and Other Fugitive Notions Lee H. Yearley  12. Xunzi’s Reinterpretation of Ritual: A Challenge to Freud’s Critique of Religion Mark Berkson  13. Xuanzang and Freud: A Buddhist-Freudian Engagement on the Subliminal Mind Tao JIANG

Biography

Tao Jiang is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Rutgers University, USA.

Philip J. Ivanhoe is Professor of Philosophy at City University of Hong Kong.