Lecture
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
The Hundred Schools of Thought Continued: Daoism and Legalism
Summary
The Warring States and the Hundred Schools of Thought continued in our ongoing series on China. This presentation will also focus on two other responses to the conditions of the Warring States period; Laozi, Zhuangzi, and the withdrawal from political life; and Shang Yang and the harsh rise of legalism in the Qin state.
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite is Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He is the author and editor of several books on Chinese History, Islamic History, and Jewish World history.