Journal Article

WAR AS A PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE: THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE IN CHINA'S MILITARY PHILOSOPHY

Allen, Barry

2015

نظرة عامة

A singularity of the famous Art of War (孫子兵法) attributed to Sunzi is the way this work conceives of knowledge as a resource for the military strategist. The idea is new in Chinese tradition, and new in the worldwide context of thinking about strategy, where Sunzi's ideas about the value of knowledge are far in advance of the thinking of Western theorists like Machiavelli or especially Clausewitz. The role of knowledge in the Sunzi theory of strategy and the consistency of what this work says about knowledge with a philosophical idea of knowledge that emerges in Warring States texts of diverse genres are analyzed here.

• الناشر: University of Hawai'i Press,University of Hawaii Press
• موضوع: 1800-1899 / 799-500 B.C. Spring and Autumn period / Analysis / China / Chinese / Chinese literature / Clausewitz, Carl von / Espionage / German literature / Knowledge / Knowledge, Theory of / Military art and science / Military aspects / Military technology / Philosophy / prose / Sawyer, Ralph D / Sunzi / Sunzi bing fa / Sunzi, -- active 6th century B.C / The Art of War / Theory / Vom Kriege / War