[PDF.58vz] The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism (Oxford Ritual Studies)

The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism (Oxford Ritual Studies)

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 | #1808778 in Books |  Oxford University Press, USA |  2012-10-24 |  2012-10-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.80 x9.10l,.88 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| fruitful ambiguity|By DG|This was one of the most creative expositions on ritual theory I have ever read. Ing argues that early Confucians were explicitly aware of the inherently vulnerable nature of their rituals. Rituals, for early Confucians, were practices that served various functions, but the most important function was imposing order on the external, chaotic world.
| ||"The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism brings readers into the intricacies of the text of the Liji. Michael Ing respects the diversity of perspectives in the text while paying close attention to the ways that its authors shared a c

In The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism Michael Ing describes how early Confucians coped with situations where their rituals failed to achieve their intended aims. In contrast to most contemporary interpreters of Confucianism, Ing demonstrates that early Confucian texts can be read as arguments for ambiguity in ritual failure. If, as discussed in one text, Confucius builds a tomb for his parents unlike the tombs of antiquity, and rains fall causing th...

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