Is the future of philosophy Chinese? | Julian Baggini, Jamie Whyte, and Vivienne Shue
46Julian Baggini, Jamie Whyte and Vivienne Shue consider China's influence on the future of ideas.
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China's economic rise has been both meteoric and relentless. Few now doubt that it will soon eclipse the US to become the world's largest economy. Yet we still imagine that Western ideas will continue to dominate.
Is this an illusion? Contemporary Chinese thinkers argue that ancient ideas such as Tianxia have greater potential to promote global harmony than western ideas of the individual. Is the sun setting on Western ideas as well as Western economies? Or is Western thought, essential to growth and progress, already embedded in China's success?
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Julian Baggini is a British philosopher, journalist and the author of over 20 books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine and has written for numerous international newspapers and magazines.
Jamie Whyte is a New Zealand classical-liberal academic and politician who was the Leader of ACT New Zealand in 2014.
Vivienne Shue is Emeritus Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary China Studies at Oxford University. She specializes in Chinese politics and society, local governance and patterns of state-society interaction.
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