Embodiment theory and Chinese philosophy: contextualization and decontextualization of thought
"This book analyses some of the seminal texts of the Chinese tradition and shows how they exemplify aspects of embodiment theory: the Analects of Confucius, the Zhuangzi, and the Treatise on Music. Margus Ott also develops far-reaching possibilities of an embodied philosophy. The embodied under...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London
Bloomsbury Academic
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Philosophy
/ Embodiment
/ History
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy, Chinese To 221 B.C
B Legalism (Chinese philosophy) B Human body (Philosophy) (China) |
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| Summary: | "This book analyses some of the seminal texts of the Chinese tradition and shows how they exemplify aspects of embodiment theory: the Analects of Confucius, the Zhuangzi, and the Treatise on Music. Margus Ott also develops far-reaching possibilities of an embodied philosophy. The embodied understanding did not go unchallenged in Ancient China. There were important counter-currents, most notably the Mohists and the so-called Legalists. By using embodiment theory Ott demonstrates how these ideas can be seen as a decontextualizing tendency of thought that plays an important role in human affairs"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | vii, 220 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-350-42414-2 978-1-350-42417-3 |
