Expanding Process
Exploring Philosophical and Theological Transformations in China and the West
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Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 9780791475164
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 01/07/2009
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
Expanding Process explores how comparative philosophy expands our understanding of the critical themes of process, change, and transformation. John H. Berthrong examines how notions of process manifest and shape the classical Confucianism of Xunzi, the early medieval Daosim of the Liezi, and Zhu Xi's Song Dynasty daoxue (Teaching of The Way). Berthrong links these various Chinese views of process and transformation to contemporary debates in the American process, pragmatic, and naturalist philosophical movements. Stressing how our pluralistic world calls for comparing and even appropriating insights from diverse cultural traditions, Berthrong contends that comparative philosophy and theology can broaden the intellectual frontiers and foundations of any serious student of contemporary global thought.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Xunzi: Acting in the Dao
3 Coursing through the Dao: The Liezi
4 Daoxue: Zhu Xi and Chen Chun
5 Modern Permutations: North American Naturalism and Global Philosophy
Appendix: The Alchemy of Process
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Xunzi: Acting in the Dao
3 Coursing through the Dao: The Liezi
4 Daoxue: Zhu Xi and Chen Chun
5 Modern Permutations: North American Naturalism and Global Philosophy
Appendix: The Alchemy of Process
Notes
References
Index