The Zhuangzi on Coping with Society

Stories in the Zhuangzi detailing expert artisans and other extraordinary people are often read as celebrations of “skills” or “knacks.” In this paper, I will argue that they would be more accurately understood as “coping” stories. Taken as a celebration of one’s “skill” or “knack” they transform th...

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Main Author: D'Ambrosio, Paul J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 474-497
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zhuangzi 365 BC-290 BC / Gesellschaftliche Organisation / Social integration
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
NCB Personal ethics
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B Zhuangzi
B genuine pretending
B Identity
B skill stories
B knack stories
B Vocation
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