{"product_id":"ethical-living-through-stories-encounters-with-adab-9780755657490","title":"Ethical Living Through Stories: Encounters with Adab","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature has for thousands of years served as a space in which people have negotiated the ethics of daily life. In the Islamic tradition, the broad concept of \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e spans ethical instruction and literary culture.\u003c\/b\u003e Literature classified as \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e was intended to cultivate readers' minds and characters. Similarly, the Chinese concept of \u003ci\u003ewen\u003c\/i\u003e represents the intellectual, cultural, and ethical foundations of society. Adab and \u003ci\u003ewen\u003c\/i\u003e offer ways to navigate complex social environments with respect and empathy, promoting harmony in multicultural societies. Such concepts remain highly relevant and valuable in today's global world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Wen-chin Ouyang shows how our experience of \u003ci\u003eadab\u003c\/i\u003e stories has the power to transform both our personal relationships and society. She draws on classic Arabic stories from the famous \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e and compares them with tales from the canonical Chinese novels \u003ci\u003eThree Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey to the West\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWater Margin\u003c\/i\u003e. The book demonstrates how these stories tell us about ourselves, allowing us to define, test, and refine our ethics of living. More than this, they have the power to help us experience a profound contemplation of our lives on earth, linking us to our shared humanity and showing us how to live meaningfully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWen-chin Ouyang\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at SOAS, University of London, UK. A native speaker of Arabic and Chinese, she has written extensively on classical and modern Arabic narrative and literary criticism. She is a fellow of the British Academy, UK, and has a PhD from Columbia University, US.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572412317970,"sku":"9780755657490","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3215b000-1b4e-47b5-b656-84fce3202a2a.jpg?v=1755859819","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ethical-living-through-stories-encounters-with-adab-9780755657490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}