Alienation and Attunement in the Zhuangzi
In this study, I clarify and defend the critique of the ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ that is found in the Zhuangzi. As detailed in Chapter 8 of the Zhuangzi, both the (non-Daoist) ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ are equally responsible for society’s ills. This is because both the ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ are perceptual...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2023
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Sophia
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 179-193 |
| Further subjects: | B
Zhuangzi
B Daoism B Alienation B Attunement B Naturalism B Naturalistic metaphysics |
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| Summary: | In this study, I clarify and defend the critique of the ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ that is found in the Zhuangzi. As detailed in Chapter 8 of the Zhuangzi, both the (non-Daoist) ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ are equally responsible for society’s ills. This is because both the ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ are perceptually alienated from nature. This perceptual alienation involves the inability to perceive nature as fundamentally indeterminate (wu, 無). The Daoist alternative to the ‘sages’ and ‘robbers’ is to cultivate awareness of our interdependence with nature. This study calls this process an ‘attunement to nature’ or, as Chapter 8 describes it, to not depart from ‘the actuality of their endowed circumstances’ (其性命之情) and to ‘see oneself when you see others/things’ (自見而見彼). Attunement involves an awareness of how nature primordially forms an indeterminate continuum (wu). |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-022-00931-2 |