Embodiment Theory and Chinese Philosophy
Author | : Margus Ott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
ISBN-10 | : 135042417X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781350424173 |
Rating | : 4/5 (173 Downloads) |
Download or read book Embodiment Theory and Chinese Philosophy written by Margus Ott and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book analyses some of the seminal texts of the Chinese tradition and shows how they exemplify aspects of embodiment theory: the Analects of Confucius, the Zhuangzi, and the Treatise on Music. Margus Ott also develops far-reaching possibilities of an embodied philosophy. The embodied understanding did not go unchallenged in Ancient China. There were important counter-currents, most notably the Mohists and the so-called Legalists. By using embodiment theory Ott demonstrates how these ideas can be seen as a decontextualizing tendency of thought that plays an important role in human affairs"--