Ancient and Modern Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West : : Care of the Self / / ed. by Gregory Bracken.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• MitwirkendeR: August, Karan,; Borgmann, Katharina M.,; Bracken, Gregory,; Cahyadhuha, Brandon,; Gao, Yun,; Hastangka,,; Kresse, Klaas,; Lacertosa, Massimiliano,; Leitão Martins, Luiz Paulo,; Lewis, Ian R.,; Rusdy, Sri Teddy,; Shiqiao, Li,; Sneep, Deirdre,; Temple, Nicholas,; de Pee, Christian,; van Dam, Renske Maria,
• HerausgeberIn: Bracken, Gregory,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Asian Cities ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

This book is a collection of papers originally presented at a conference of the same name in the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden in 2016. The contributors come from a variety of different disciplines, including architecture, urbanism, philosophy, and history, and their essays make comparative examinations of the practices of citizenship from the ancient world to the present day in both the East and West. While the book's point of departure is philosophical, its key aim is to examine how philosophy can be applied to the betterment of the everyday lives of citizens in cities in the West and Asia. The papers' comparative approach, between East and West, and ancient and modern, lead to a greater understanding of the challenges facing cities in the twenty-first century, and, by looking to past examples, suggest ways of addressing them.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Citizenship and the Good Life -- 2. Spaces of the Prudent Self -- 3. The Biopolitics of Sexuality and the Hypothesis of an Erotic Art -- 4. Elective Spaces -- 5. Interpreting Dao (道) between 'Way-making' and 'Be-wëgen' -- 6. Constructing Each Other -- 7. A Tale of Two Courts -- 8. Urban Acupuncture -- 9. The Value and Meaning of Temporality and its Relationship to Identity in Kunming City, China -- 10. Junzi (君子), the Confucian Concept of the 'Gentleman' , and its Influence on South Korean Land-Use Planning -- 11. Home Within Movement -- 12. The Concept of 'Home' -- Afterword -- Index