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Confucius and Social Harmony

Between Ritual and Rebellion (Philosophical Questions)

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Confucius and Social Harmony

By: Boris Kriger
Narrated by: Rowan Blythe
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In an age of disintegration—where freedom has lost its meaning and order feels indistinguishable from control—this audiobook reopens one of civilization’s oldest debates: how can humanity live together without destroying what makes it human?

Boris Kriger approaches Confucian philosophy not as an artifact of ancient China, but as a living mirror of the modern condition. Drawing on philosophy, biology, theology, and social theory, he transforms Confucius from a moral sage into a lens through which to examine the biological and psychological mechanisms of obedience, hierarchy, and collective life. The result is not a historical study, but a philosophical autopsy of harmony itself.

Written in a style that is both poetic and analytical, Confucius and Social Harmony dissolves the boundary between scholarship and reflection. It traces how rituals evolve into algorithms, how moral instincts become systems, and how the human longing for order turns against the vitality it seeks to preserve. The audiobook argues that every civilization survives only by trembling—by allowing contradiction, irony, and rebellion to remain within its structure.

At once elegant and unsettling, this work redefines philosophy as the art of tension: the capacity to hold harmony and dissonance in a single breath. For readers of philosophy, cultural theory, and moral psychology, it offers a rare synthesis of intellectual rigor and existential insight—a reminder that true order lives only when it dares to tremble.

©2025 Boris Kriger (P)2025 Boris Kriger
Eastern Philosophy
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