Book Reviews

The Journal publishes quality reviews of books in both Chinese and Western (primarily English) languages, in the area of Chinese and comparative philosophy (all reviews are published in English).  We appreciate your recommendations of important books recently published in this area that deserve to be reviewed.  If you have published your own book and would like to have it considered for review in our journal, please have your publisher send a free copy to our book review editor.  If you are willing to review books for our journal, please contact our respective book review editors.  Let us know if you have a specific book to review or want to review any book we receive.

All books published in Chinese should be sent and all matters pertaining to reviews of such books should be directed to: Bai Tongdong, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, China 200433; E-mail: baitongdong@gmail.com.; all books published in English should be sent and all matters related to reviews of such books should be directed to: Dr. Xiao Yang, Department of Philosophy, Kenyon College,  Gambier, Ohio 43022-9623; e-mail:  xiaoy@kenyon.edu.

Notes to Book Review Authors:

 (1) At the top of the book review, the information of the book being reviewed should be provided in such an order: “Last Name, First Name [of the author of the book], Title of the Book [being reviewed], City: Publisher, Year, (xx+) xxx pages.”

 (2) The normal limit of length of a book review is between 1500 and 2000 words.

 (3) Authors should follow the style of Dao (see the page of style sheet on this website), with the exception that no footnotes and reference list are used in book reviews. Particularly, (a) please provide Chinese characters (traditional instead of simplified ones) for names of Chinese persons, places, and publishers, titles of Chinese publications, as well as special philosophical terms; (b) Use hanyu pinyin as Romanization system, except in quotations, which shall follow whatever Romanization system is used; (c) Citations of and/or references to the book reviewed shall be parenthetically inserted in the main text with page number only. References to other sources should be parenthetically inserted in the text with the complete information.

 (4) A review author should try to strike a balance, in the review, between the overview of the contents of the book and the evaluation of its merits and/or demerits. Praises and criticisms should be made objectively with textual support.

 (5) Unsolicited submissions of reviews are considered but not guaranteed for publication. Pre-arranged reviews are normally published, provided that the review authors are willing to make revisions if suggested by our book review editors.

 (6) As the journal is a continuing publication, reviews are normally published in the order of their final acceptance. However, our review editors do have their deadlines of September 1, December 1, March 1, and June 1 for the respective forthcoming issues of the journal.

Books To Be Reviewed:

I. Books in Chinese

The following Chinese books are scheduled to be reviewed in future issues of our journal. Those who are interested in reviewing any of these books please contact Dr. Bai Tongdong, our Chinese book review editor. A free copy of the book to be reviewed will be provided.

(Those marked with "*" in the front are being reviewed)

II. Books in English

The following books in English are scheduled to be reviewed in future issues of our journal. Those who are interested in reviewing any of these books please contact Dr. Xiao Yang, our English book review editor. A free copy of the book to be reviewed may be provided.

(For a list of current books in English for review, please contact Dr. Xiao Yang)