Publications

2023

“Power and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China”. In: Power, Legitimacy, and World Order: Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives. Edited by Sanjay Pulipaka, Krishnan Srinivasan, James Mayall. New York: Routledge; 2023. pp. 99–108.
“Power and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China”. In: Power, Legitimacy, and World Order: Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives. Edited by Sanjay Pulipaka, Krishnan Srinivasan, James Mayall. New York: Routledge; 2023. pp. 99–108.
“The Work of Appropriation, Domestication, and Substitution: Theories of Sacrifice in the Liji” . In: All about the Rites: From Canonised Ritual to Ritualised Society. Edited by Anne Cheng and Stéphane Feuillas. (Paris: Collège de France, 2023. Paris: Collège de France; 2023. pp. 35–54.
“The Work of Appropriation, Domestication, and Substitution: Theories of Sacrifice in the Liji” . In: All about the Rites: From Canonised Ritual to Ritualised Society. Edited by Anne Cheng and Stéphane Feuillas. (Paris: Collège de France, 2023. Paris: Collège de France; 2023. pp. 35–54.

2022

“Humanizing the Divine and Divinizing the Human in Early China: Comparative Reflections on Ritual, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty” . In: Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Immanence and Transcendence. Edited by A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern. New York: Columbia University Press; 2022. pp. 137–161.
“Humanizing the Divine and Divinizing the Human in Early China: Comparative Reflections on Ritual, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty” . In: Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Immanence and Transcendence. Edited by A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern. New York: Columbia University Press; 2022. pp. 137–161.
“Political Theologies of Justice: Meritocratic Values from a Global Perspective”. In: Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. Edited by Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi. . Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2022. pp. 19–40.
“Political Theologies of Justice: Meritocratic Values from a Global Perspective”. In: Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. Edited by Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi. . Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2022. pp. 19–40.

2021

Puett M. “Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts.”. In: Impagination - Layout and Materiality of Writing and Publication. Edited by Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang, Anthony Grafton, and Glenn Warren Most. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2021. pp. 93–110.
Puett M. “Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts.”. In: Impagination - Layout and Materiality of Writing and Publication. Edited by Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang, Anthony Grafton, and Glenn Warren Most. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2021. pp. 93–110.
Puett M. “Formations of Knowledge in Chinese Late Antiquity”. In: Wissensoikonomien: Ordnung und Transgression vormoderner Kulturen. Edited by Nora Schmidt, Nikolas Pissis, and Gyburg Uhlmann. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz; 2021. pp. 123–133.
Puett M. “Formations of Knowledge in Chinese Late Antiquity”. In: Wissensoikonomien: Ordnung und Transgression vormoderner Kulturen. Edited by Nora Schmidt, Nikolas Pissis, and Gyburg Uhlmann. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz; 2021. pp. 123–133.
“Creating Worlds: Imagination, Interpretation, and the Subjunctive”. In: Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality. Edited by Andrew Brandel and Marco Motta. New York: Fordham University Press; 2021. pp. 181–196.
“Creating Worlds: Imagination, Interpretation, and the Subjunctive”. In: Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality. Edited by Andrew Brandel and Marco Motta. New York: Fordham University Press; 2021. pp. 181–196.

2020

Puett M. “Wittgenstein on Frazer.”. In: The Mythology in Our Language: Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Edited by Giovanni da Col and Stephan Palmié. Chicago: Hau Books; 2020. pp. 135–151.
Puett M. “Wittgenstein on Frazer.”. In: The Mythology in Our Language: Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Edited by Giovanni da Col and Stephan Palmié. Chicago: Hau Books; 2020. pp. 135–151.
Puett M. “Ritual as Theory, Theory as Ritual.”. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2020;10(3):1106–1108.
Puett M. “Ritual as Theory, Theory as Ritual.”. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2020;10(3):1106–1108.

2019

Puett M. “Life, Domesticated and Undomesticated: Ghosts, Sacrifice, and the Efficacy of Ritual Practice in Early China.” . HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2019;9(2):439–460.
Puett M. “Life, Domesticated and Undomesticated: Ghosts, Sacrifice, and the Efficacy of Ritual Practice in Early China.” . HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2019;9(2):439–460.

2018

Puett M. “Genealogies of Gods, Ghosts and Humans: The Capriciousness of the Divine in Early Greece and Early China.”. In: Lloyd GER, Zhao JJ, editors. Ancient Greece and China Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2018. pp. 160–185.
Puett M. “Genealogies of Gods, Ghosts and Humans: The Capriciousness of the Divine in Early Greece and Early China.”. In: Lloyd GER, Zhao JJ, editors. Ancient Greece and China Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2018. pp. 160–185.
Puett M. “Who is Confucius in Today’s China?”. In: Rudolph J; Szonyi, editor. The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; 2018. pp. 231–236.
Puett M. “Who is Confucius in Today’s China?”. In: Rudolph J; Szonyi, editor. The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; 2018. pp. 231–236.
Puett M. “Foreword.”. In: Tsai C. C.; Bruya, editor. Confucius, The Analects: An Illustrated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2018. p. ix-x.
Puett M. “Foreword.”. In: Tsai C. C.; Bruya, editor. Confucius, The Analects: An Illustrated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2018. p. ix-x.

2017

Puett M. “Early China in Eurasian History”. In: Szonyi M, editor. A Companion to Chinese History. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell; 2017. pp. 89–105.
Puett M. “Early China in Eurasian History”. In: Szonyi M, editor. A Companion to Chinese History. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell; 2017. pp. 89–105.
Puett M. “Text and Commentary: The Early Tradition”. In: Denecke W, Li W- yee, Tian X, editors. The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2017. pp. 112–122.
Puett M. “Text and Commentary: The Early Tradition”. In: Denecke W, Li W- yee, Tian X, editors. The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2017. pp. 112–122.

2016

Puett M. Foreword: “In Praise of Play”. In: Hamayon R, editor. Why We Play: An Anthropological Study. Chicago: HAU Books; 2016. p. xv-xix.
Puett M. Foreword: “In Praise of Play”. In: Hamayon R, editor. Why We Play: An Anthropological Study. Chicago: HAU Books; 2016. p. xv-xix.
Puett M. “Manifesting Sagely Knowledge: Commentarial Practice in Chinese Late Antiquity”. In: Varsano P, editor. The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2016. pp. 303–331.
Puett M. “Manifesting Sagely Knowledge: Commentarial Practice in Chinese Late Antiquity”. In: Varsano P, editor. The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2016. pp. 303–331.
Puett M, Davis K. “Periodization and ‘The Medieval Globe’: A Conversation.”. The Medieval Globe. 2016; 2(1):1–14.
Puett M, Davis K. “Periodization and ‘The Medieval Globe’: A Conversation.”. The Medieval Globe. 2016; 2(1):1–14.

2015

Puett M. “Ritual and Ritual Obligations: Perspectives on Normativity from Classical China”. The Journal of Value Inquiry. 2015;49(4).
Puett M. “Ritual and Ritual Obligations: Perspectives on Normativity from Classical China”. The Journal of Value Inquiry. 2015;49(4).
Puett M. “Ghosts, Gods, and the Coming Apocalypse: Empire and Religion in Early China and Ancient Rome”. In: Scheidel W, editor. State Power in Ancient China and Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015. pp. 230–259.
Puett M. “Ghosts, Gods, and the Coming Apocalypse: Empire and Religion in Early China and Ancient Rome”. In: Scheidel W, editor. State Power in Ancient China and Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015. pp. 230–259.
Puett M. “Constructions of Reality: Metaphysics in the Ritual Traditions of Classical China”. In: Li C, Perkins F, editors. Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2015. pp. 120–129.
Puett M. “Constructions of Reality: Metaphysics in the Ritual Traditions of Classical China”. In: Li C, Perkins F, editors. Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2015. pp. 120–129.

2014

Puett M. "Ritual Disjunctions: Ghosts, Anthropology, and Philosophy". In: Das V, Jackson M, Kleinman A, Singh B, editors. The Ground Between: Anthropologists Engage Philosophy. Durham: Duke University Press; 2014. pp. 218–233.
Puett M. "Ritual Disjunctions: Ghosts, Anthropology, and Philosophy". In: Das V, Jackson M, Kleinman A, Singh B, editors. The Ground Between: Anthropologists Engage Philosophy. Durham: Duke University Press; 2014. pp. 218–233.
Puett M. "Sages, Creation, and the End of History in the Huainanzi". In: Queen S, Puett M, editors. The Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China. Leiden: Brill; 2014. pp. 269–290.
Puett M. "Sages, Creation, and the End of History in the Huainanzi". In: Queen S, Puett M, editors. The Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China. Leiden: Brill; 2014. pp. 269–290.
Puett M. "Classical Chinese Historical Thought". In: Duara P, Murthy V, Sartori A, editors. A Companion to Global Historical Thought. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2014. pp. 34–46.
Puett M. "Classical Chinese Historical Thought". In: Duara P, Murthy V, Sartori A, editors. A Companion to Global Historical Thought. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2014. pp. 34–46.

2013

Puett M. “Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks”. In: Fischer M, Aulino F, Goheen M, Tambiah S, editors. Radical Egalitarianism: Local Realities, Global Relations. New York: Fordham University Press; 2013. pp. 91–100.
Puett M. “Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks”. In: Fischer M, Aulino F, Goheen M, Tambiah S, editors. Radical Egalitarianism: Local Realities, Global Relations. New York: Fordham University Press; 2013. pp. 91–100.
Puett M. “Critical Approaches to Religion in China”. Critical Research on Religion. 2013;1(1):95–101.
Puett M. “Critical Approaches to Religion in China”. Critical Research on Religion. 2013;1(1):95–101.

2011

Puett M. “Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the Huainanzi”. In: Olberding A, Ivanhoe P, editors. Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2011. pp. 225–248.
Puett M. “Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the Huainanzi”. In: Olberding A, Ivanhoe P, editors. Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2011. pp. 225–248.
Puett M. “Social Order or Social Chaos". In: Orsi R, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. pp. 109–129.
Puett M. “Social Order or Social Chaos". In: Orsi R, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. pp. 109–129.

2010

Puett M. “The Haunted World of Humanity: Ritual Theory from Early China”. In: Molina M, Swearer D, editors. Rethinking the Human. Cambridge: Center for the Study of World Religions; 2010. pp. 95–111.
Puett M. “The Haunted World of Humanity: Ritual Theory from Early China”. In: Molina M, Swearer D, editors. Rethinking the Human. Cambridge: Center for the Study of World Religions; 2010. pp. 95–111.
Puett M. “Becoming Laozi: Cultivating and Visualizing Spirits in Early Medieval China”. Asia Major, Third series. 2010;23(1):223–252.
Puett M. “Becoming Laozi: Cultivating and Visualizing Spirits in Early Medieval China”. Asia Major, Third series. 2010;23(1):223–252.
Puett M. “Centering the Realm: Wang Mang, the Zhouli, and Early Chinese Statecraft”. In: Elman B, Kern M, editors. Statecraft and Classical Learning: The Rituals of Zhou in East Asian History. Leiden: Brill; 2010. pp. 129–154.
Puett M. “Centering the Realm: Wang Mang, the Zhouli, and Early Chinese Statecraft”. In: Elman B, Kern M, editors. Statecraft and Classical Learning: The Rituals of Zhou in East Asian History. Leiden: Brill; 2010. pp. 129–154.
Puett M. “Theodicies of Discontinuity: Domesticating Energies and Dispositions in Early China”. Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 2010;37(Supplement 1 ):51–66.
Puett M. “Theodicies of Discontinuity: Domesticating Energies and Dispositions in Early China”. Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 2010;37(Supplement 1 ):51–66.
Puett M. “Ritualization as Domestication: Ritual Theory from Classical China”. In: Michaels A, editor. Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag; 2010. pp. 365–376.
Puett M. “Ritualization as Domestication: Ritual Theory from Classical China”. In: Michaels A, editor. Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag; 2010. pp. 365–376.

2009

Puett M. “Sages, Gods, and History: Commentarial Strategies in Chinese Late Antiquity”. Antiquorum Philosophia. 2009;3:71–87.
Puett M. “Sages, Gods, and History: Commentarial Strategies in Chinese Late Antiquity”. Antiquorum Philosophia. 2009;3:71–87.
Puett M. “Combining the Ghosts and Spirits, Centering the Realm: Mortuary Ritual and Political Organization in the Ritual Compendia of Early China”. In: Early Chinese Religion: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD). Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill; 2009. pp. 695–720.
Puett M. “Combining the Ghosts and Spirits, Centering the Realm: Mortuary Ritual and Political Organization in the Ritual Compendia of Early China”. In: Early Chinese Religion: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD). Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill; 2009. pp. 695–720.

2008

Puett M. “The Belatedness of the Present: Debates over Antiquity during the Han Dynasty”. In: Kuhn D, Stahl H, editors. Perceptions of Antiquity in Chinese Civilization. Heidelberg: Würzburger Sinologische Schriften; 2008. pp. 177–190.
Puett M. “The Belatedness of the Present: Debates over Antiquity during the Han Dynasty”. In: Kuhn D, Stahl H, editors. Perceptions of Antiquity in Chinese Civilization. Heidelberg: Würzburger Sinologische Schriften; 2008. pp. 177–190.
Puett M. “Human and Divine Kingship in Early China: Comparative Reflections". In: Brisch N, editor. Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 2008. pp. 199–212.
Puett M. “Human and Divine Kingship in Early China: Comparative Reflections". In: Brisch N, editor. Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 2008. pp. 199–212.
Puett M. "Ritual and the Subjunctive". In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 17–42.
Puett M. "Ritual and the Subjunctive". In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 17–42.
Puett M. Afterword. In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 179–182.
Puett M. Afterword. In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 179–182.

2007

Puett M. “The Temptations of Sagehood, or: The Rise and Decline of Sagely Writing in Early China”. In: Idema W, editor. Books in Numbers. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Library; 2007. pp. 23–47.
Puett M. “The Temptations of Sagehood, or: The Rise and Decline of Sagely Writing in Early China”. In: Idema W, editor. Books in Numbers. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Library; 2007. pp. 23–47.
Puett M. “Humans, Spirits, and Sages in Chinese Late Antiquity: Ge Hong’s Master Who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi)”. Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident. 2007;29:95–119.
Puett M. “Humans, Spirits, and Sages in Chinese Late Antiquity: Ge Hong’s Master Who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi)”. Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident. 2007;29:95–119.

2006

Puett M. “Innovation as Ritualization: The Fractured Cosmology of Early China”. Cardozo Law Review. 2006;28(1):23–36.
Puett M. “Innovation as Ritualization: The Fractured Cosmology of Early China”. Cardozo Law Review. 2006;28(1):23–36.

2005

Puett M. "Bones". In: Jones L, editor. Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: MacMillan Reference Books; 2005. pp. 1013–1016.
Puett M. "Bones". In: Jones L, editor. Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: MacMillan Reference Books; 2005. pp. 1013–1016.
Puett M. “Listening to Sages: Divination, Omens, and the Rhetoric of Antiquity in Wang Chong’s Lunheng". Oriens Extremus . 2005;45:271–281.
Puett M. “Listening to Sages: Divination, Omens, and the Rhetoric of Antiquity in Wang Chong’s Lunheng". Oriens Extremus . 2005;45:271–281.
Puett M. “The Offering of Food and the Creation of Order: The Practice of Sacrifice in Early China”. In: Sterckx R, editor. Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics, and Religion in Traditional China. New York: Palgrave MacMillan; 2005. pp. 75–95.
Puett M. “The Offering of Food and the Creation of Order: The Practice of Sacrifice in Early China”. In: Sterckx R, editor. Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics, and Religion in Traditional China. New York: Palgrave MacMillan; 2005. pp. 75–95.
Puett M. “Following the Commands of Heaven: The Notion of Ming in Early China”. In: Lupke C, editor. The Magnitude of Ming: Command, Allotment, and Fate in Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2005. pp. 49–69.
Puett M. “Following the Commands of Heaven: The Notion of Ming in Early China”. In: Lupke C, editor. The Magnitude of Ming: Command, Allotment, and Fate in Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2005. pp. 49–69.

2004

Puett M. “Forming Spirits for the Way: The Cosmology of the Xiang’er Commentary to the Laozi”. Journal of Chinese Religions . 2004;32:1–27.
Puett M. “Forming Spirits for the Way: The Cosmology of the Xiang’er Commentary to the Laozi”. Journal of Chinese Religions . 2004;32:1–27.
Puett M. “The Ethics of Responding Properly: The Notion of Qing in Early Chinese Thought”. In: Eifring H, editor. Love and Emotions in Traditional Chinese Literature. Leiden: Brill; 2004. pp. 37–68.
Puett M. “The Ethics of Responding Properly: The Notion of Qing in Early Chinese Thought”. In: Eifring H, editor. Love and Emotions in Traditional Chinese Literature. Leiden: Brill; 2004. pp. 37–68.

2002

Puett M. “Humans and Gods: The Theme of Self-Divinization in Early China and Early Greece”. In: Durrant S, Shankman S, editors. Thinking Through Comparisons: Ancient China and Ancient Greece. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2002. pp. 55–74.
Puett M. “Humans and Gods: The Theme of Self-Divinization in Early China and Early Greece”. In: Durrant S, Shankman S, editors. Thinking Through Comparisons: Ancient China and Ancient Greece. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2002. pp. 55–74.
Puett M. "Gaining the Powers of Spirits". In: To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center; 2002. pp. 80–121.
Puett M. "Gaining the Powers of Spirits". In: To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center; 2002. pp. 80–121.