Contribution to Book
The Reader's Chopper: Finding Affinities from Gadamer to Zhuangzi on Reading
Daoist Encounters with Phenomenology: Thinking Interculturally about Human Existence
(2020)
Abstract
About the book: This collection is intercultural philosophy at its best. It contextualizes the global significance of the leading figures of Western phenomenology, including Husserl, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Buber and Levinas, enters them into intercultural dialogue with the Daoism of Laozi and Zhuangzi and in doing so, breaks new ground.
By presenting the first sustained analysis of the Daoist worldview by way of phenomenological experience, this book not only furthers our understanding of Daoism and phenomenology, but delves deeper into the roots of human thinking, aesthetic expression, and its impact on the modern social world. The international team of philosophers approach the phenomenological tradition in the broadest sense possible, looking beyond the phenomenological language of Husserl.
With chapters on art, ethics, death and the metaphor of dream and hermeneutics, this collection encourages scholars and students in both Asian and Western traditions to rethink their philosophical bearings and engage in meaningful intercultural dialogue.
Keywords
- Daoism,
- Philosophy,
- Zhuangzi,
- Gadamer,
- Phenomenology
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 9, 2020
Editor
David Chai
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Citation Information
Sarah Mattice. "The Reader's Chopper: Finding Affinities from Gadamer to Zhuangzi on Reading" FirstDaoist Encounters with Phenomenology: Thinking Interculturally about Human Existence (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sarah-mattice/27/