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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479863003321

Autore

Chen Guying

Titolo

The humanist spirit of Daoism / / by Chen Guying ; translated by Hans-Georg Moeller ; edited by David Jones, Sarah Flavel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

90-04-36198-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages)

Collana

Modern Chinese philosophy ; ; Volume 15

Disciplina

181/.114

Soggetti

Taoist philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Dao jia de ren wen jing shen. 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page / Chen Guying -- Preface / Chen Guying -- Editors’ Introduction / Chen Guying -- On the Social Concern of Daoism / Chen Guying -- The Social Concern of Daoism / Chen Guying -- The Daoist Notion of Harmony* / Chen Guying -- The Notion of “Ritual Propriety” in Early Daoism* / Chen Guying -- Harmony in a World of Conflict and Crises: What We Can Take from Laozi’s Notion of Harmony* / Chen Guying -- The Humanist Thought of Laozi and Zhuangzi / Chen Guying -- Dao: A Spiritual Home* / Chen Guying -- Tracing the Origins of Humanist Philosophy in Early China* / Chen Guying -- Laozi and Zhuang’s Humanist World: The Humanist Perspective of the Dao / Chen Guying -- A Daoist Perspective on the Humanist Spirit of Religion* / Chen Guying -- On Intercultural Dialogue* / Chen Guying.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Humanist Spirit of Daoism , Chen Guying presents a concise overview of his understanding of the meaning and significance of Daoist philosophy. Chen is a leading contemporary Chinese thinker and spokesperson for a new Daoist approach to existential and socio-political issues. He was born in mainland China in 1935, but after having resettled to Taiwan, he received his education there and was a student activist in the 1960s. He became famous in the Chinese-speaking world with his writings on Nietzsche, Laozi and Zhuangzi. At



present he is a Professor at Peking University. This volume collects representative essays from the past 25 years which not only outline Chen’s interpretation of Daoism as a deeply humanist way of thinking and living, but also show how he employs this philosophy in a critique of totalitarianism and neo-imperialism.