Buch, Deutsch, Band 157, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 302 g
Reihe: Klostermann RoteReihe
Selbst- und Weltbezug im chinesischen Mittelalter
Buch, Deutsch, Band 157, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 212 mm, Gewicht: 302 g
Reihe: Klostermann RoteReihe
ISBN: 978-3-465-04641-7
Verlag: Klostermann Vittorio GmbH
Even outside Europe, human beings have long contemplated philosophical questions. This book explores Neo-Confucianism and its most important representative: Zhu Xi (1130-1200). In Medieval China, Indian Buddhism was widely received; many endorsed the idea that the self and the world are illusionary (i.e. “empty”) but that “emptiness” (sunyata) can be known in meditation. Although Neo-Confucian thinkers in the 11th and 12th centuries also practiced meditation, Buddhist ideas otherwise represented a nuisance for them. In his careful reconstruction, Kai Marchal examines which concepts, ways of speaking, and practices these Neo-Confucians developed to achieve a realistic worldview grounded in ordinary life. „Emptiness“ was transformed into the unity of all things. Moreover, Marchal comes to the surprising conclusion that Zhu Xi's thought continues Buddhism in one crucial respect: in the conception of a reflective self-relation located in the world, which is not intended to strengthen the human tendency to egocentricity, but rather to weaken it.
Zielgruppe
Philosophen, Sinologen, alle an fernöstlicher Philosophie und an chinesischer Geschichte Interessierten
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Andere Religionen orientalischer Herkunft
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Konfuzianismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie