Non-humans in the Zhuangzi: Animalism and anti-anthropocentrism
Some argue that animals and non-human figures in the Zhuangzi help displace the significance of humans. According to others the Zhuangzi suggests a certain time of ‘animalism,’ asking us to be more like various types of fauna and flora that do not share our self-centeredness. In this paper the use o...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
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Carfax
2022
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Asian philosophy
Año: 2022, Volumen: 32, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-18 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Zhuangzi 365 a. C.-290 a. C.
/ Plantas
/ Animales
/ Antropocentrismo
/ Rechazo
/ Zhu, Xi 1130-1200, Lunyu-jizhu
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AD Sociología de la religión BM Universismo chino KBM Asia |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Zhuangzi
B Anthropocentrism B Animals B Daoism B Chinese philosophy B Chuang-Tzu |
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| Sumario: | Some argue that animals and non-human figures in the Zhuangzi help displace the significance of humans. According to others the Zhuangzi suggests a certain time of ‘animalism,’ asking us to be more like various types of fauna and flora that do not share our self-centeredness. In this paper the use of non-human characters in the Zhuangzi will be examined through a survey of traditional Chinese commentary, comparisons with the Lunyu, and placing the use of non-human characters within the larger context of the Zhuangzi. Thus we find that while anti-anthropocentric and animalistic perspectives can be philosophized with the Zhuangzi, the text itself is not overly concerned with these subjects. Animals and non-human characters are mainly allegorical or metaphorical, allowing the Zhuangzito 1) make broadly applicable arguments; 2) playfully discuss ideas that may be unappealing at first glance, and; 3) create a distance that allows the text to resist ossification. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2961 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2021.1934218 |