Brasovan Neo-Confucian Ecological Humanism

An Interpretive Engagement with Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692)
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6455-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Addresses Ming Dynasty philosopher Wang Fuzhi’s neo-Confucianism from the perspective of contemporary ecological humanism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brasovan, Nicholas S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Introduction
Thesis
Interpretive Methodology
Biographical Introduction to Wang Fuzhi
Significance, Symbolism, and Strata of the Yijing
Disambiguating Ecological Humanism
Synopsis

1. Natural Cosmology
Creationism as Antithesis
Tian qua Nature
Neo-Confucian Terminology of Cosmic Creativity

2. Complex Systems and Patterns of Energy
A Perspective from Ecosystems Ecology
Nature as Patterns of Energy
From “Simple” to “Complex” Materialism

3. Reading the Yijing from an Ecological Perspective
Holistic Hermeneutics
Cosmography of the Yijing
Practical Knowledge through Comprehensive Observation

4. Between Nature and Persons
Humanizing Nature in Ecological Humanism
Humanizing Nature in Chinese Philosophy
Between Persons and Nature
Wang Fuzhi’s Critique of Orthodox and Heterodox Doctrines
Mencius’s Heart-and-Mind and the Human Experience

5. Identifying Religiosity in Wang Fuzhi’s Neo-Confucianism
Ritual Propriety as Humanizing Nature
Immanence of Persons-in-the-World
Procreativity in the Yijing
Experiencing the Sublime in Nature

6. Conclusion
Summarizing Reflections
Application of a Theory

Notes
Glossary of Key Chinese Terms
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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