Embodiment Theory and Chinese Philosophy Contextualization and Decontextualization of Thought.
<B>This book analyses some of the seminal texts of the Chinese tradition in light of the embodied tradition: the <i>Analects</i> of Confucius, the<i> Zhuangzi,</i> and the <i>Treatise on Music</i>.</b> Margus Ott's study shows how they exemplify a...
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2024.
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| Summary: | <B>This book analyses some of the seminal texts of the Chinese tradition in light of the embodied tradition: the <i>Analects</i> of Confucius, the<i> Zhuangzi,</i> and the <i>Treatise on Music</i>.</b> Margus Ott's study shows how they exemplify aspects of embodiment theory while highlighting others that have been neglected in contemporary work. 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. It has been argued that this challenge set the Chinese philosophical tradition in motion. 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: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781350424166 1350424161 |