Early Confucian “Human Supremacy” and Its Daoist Critique
The early Confucian texts Mengzi 孟子 and Xunzi 荀子 introduce strict distinctions between the human and non-human realms and formulate genealogies and theories of “human supremacy”. Starting from the claim that humans are superior to animals and other non-human beings, they draw the sociopolitical con...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Asian Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/12298 |