Speaker: Andrew Lambert, Assistant Professor, City University of New York
Time: 19:30-20:30, June 16, 2021
Virtual Platform: Tencent Meeting (ID 392 923 890)
Organizers: School of Foreign Languages for Business, Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Research Office
Speaker's Profile
Andrew Lambert is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at City University of New York, College of Staten Island. His research focuses on ethics and Chinese thought, particularly the relationship between conceptions of moral conduct and personal attachment. His publications include, “Impartiality, Close Friendships and the Confucian Tradition" and “Confucian Ethics and Care: An Amicable Split?”
Lecture Preview
This talk will present an overview of the work of Liang Shuming, in light of recent scholarship on this important historical figure. It will present some of the key ideas developed by Liang, particularly in his well-known work, Eastern and Western Cultures and their Philosophies. In this work, Liang compares three distinct cultural traditions, which he broadly characterizes as Chinese, Indian and Western. I will examine some of the features of this comparative framework and offer some critical thoughts. I finish by outlining a new translation project, to produce the first English translation of this work, and consider some of the methodological and philosophical choices made in the translation process.
