ZHUANGZI |
Subtitle:
Text and Context
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Book Category:
Philosophy > General
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Author:
Livia Kohn
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 13:
9781931483278
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Price:
USD 39.95
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Publisher Info
Livia Kohn,
Three Pines Press,PO Box 53416,
St. Petersburg ,
Florida - 33747,USA
Web: www.threepinespress.com Inquiry
Zhuangzi: Text and Context is a comprehensive discussion of the ancient Daoist work Zhuangzi
in 24 chapters, providing a chronologically-based outline of the context of the work, from the
compilation of the text to its reading in 21st century ecology, plus a systematic discussion and
interpretation of its central concepts from perfect happiness to playful uselessness. The book
integrates a vast spectrum of original and secondary sources, examines the history and ideas in a
wide context, both within China and cross-culturally, and relates many of Zhuangzi's key notions
and practices to modern science, notably physics, biology, and psychology. Encyclopedic in
scope, meticulous in execution, and skillfully presented, it is a must for anyone interested in
traditional Chinese thought.