Neo-Confucian Ecological Humanism

An Interpretive Engagement with Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692)

AvNicholas S. Brasovan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Addresses Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi's neo-Confucianism from the perspective of contemporary ecological humanism.In this novel engagement with Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi (1619–1692), Nicholas S. Brasovan presents Wang's neo-Confucianism as an important theoretical resource for engaging with contemporary ecological humanism. Brasovan coins the term "person-in-the-world" to capture ecological humanism's fundamental premise that humans and nature are inextricably bound together, and argues that Wang's cosmology of energy (qi) gives us a rich conceptual vocabulary for understanding the continuity that exists between persons and the natural world. The book makes a significant contribution to English-language scholarship on Wang Fuzhi and to Chinese intellectual history, with new English translations of classical Chinese, Mandarin, and French texts in Chinese philosophy and culture. This innovative work of comparative philosophy not only presents a systematic and comprehensive interpretation of Wang's thought but also shows its relevance to contemporary discussions in the philosophy of ecology.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-05-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438464534

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Nicholas S. Brasovan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Central Arkansas.

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"This is a fine study of Wang Fuzhi's complex and fascinating neo-Confucian cosmology. I learned an immense amount about one of China's last great Confucian intellectuals." — John Berthrong, author of Expanding Process: Exploring Philosophical and Theological Transformations in China and the West

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AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionThesisInterpretive MethodologyBiographical Introduction to Wang FuzhiSignificance, Symbolism, and Strata of the Yijing Disambiguating Ecological HumanismSynopsis1. Natural CosmologyCreationism as AntithesisTian qua NatureNeo-Confucian Terminology of Cosmic Creativity2. Complex Systems and Patterns of EnergyA Perspective from Ecosystems EcologyNature as Patterns of EnergyFrom "Simple" to "Complex" Materialism3. Reading the Yijing from an Ecological PerspectiveHolistic HermeneuticsCosmography of the Yijing Practical Knowledge through Comprehensive Observation4. Between Nature and PersonsHumanizing Nature in Ecological HumanismHumanizing Nature in Chinese PhilosophyBetween Persons and NatureWang Fuzhi’s Critique of Orthodox and Heterodox DoctrinesMencius’s Heart-and-Mind and the Human Experience5. Identifying Religiosity in Wang Fuzhi’s Neo-ConfucianismRitual Propriety as Humanizing NatureImmanence of Persons-in-the-WorldProcreativity in the Yijing Experiencing the Sublime in Nature6. ConclusionSummarizing ReflectionsApplication of a TheoryNotesGlossary of Key Chinese TermsBibliographyIndex