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Neo-Confucian ecological humanism : an interpretive engagement with Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692) /
In this novel engagement with Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi (1619?1692), Nicholas S. Brasovan presents Wang?s neo-Confucianism as an important theoretical resource for engaging with contemporary ecological humanism. Brasovan coins the term?person-in-the-world? to capture ecological humanism?s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York,
[2017]
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Thesis; Interpretive Methodology; Biographical Introduction to Wang Fuzhi; Significance, Symbolism, and Strata of the Yijing; Disambiguating Ecological Humanism; Synopsis; Chapter 1. Natural Cosmology; Creationism as Antithesis; Tian qua Nature; Neo-Confucian Terminology of Cosmic Creativity; Chapter 2. Complex Systems and Patterns of Energy; A Perspective from Ecosystems Ecology; Nature as Patterns of Energy; From "Simple" to "Complex" Materialism; Chapter 3. Reading the Yijing from an Ecological Perspective; Holistic Hermeneutics.
- Cosmography of the YijingPractical Knowledge through Comprehensive Observation; Chapter 4. Between Nature and Persons; Humanizing Nature in Ecological Humanism; Humanizing Nature in Chinese Philosophy; Between Persons and Nature; Wang Fuzhi's Critique of Orthodox and Heterodox Doctrines; Rejecting Heterodoxy; Correcting Orthodoxy; Mencius's Heart-and-Mind and the Human Experience; Chapter 5. Identifying Religiosity in Wang Fuzhi's Neo-Confucianism; Ritual Propriety as Humanizing Nature; Immanence of Persons-in-the-World; Procreativity in the Yijing; Experiencing the Sublime in Nature.
- Chapter 6. ConclusionSummarizing Reflections; Application of a Theory; Notes; Glossary of Key Chinese Terms; Bibliography; Index.