Reevaluates Western and Chinese philosophical traditions to question the boundaries of entrenched conceptual frameworks.
What is "Chinese philosophy?" What is "philosophy" itself? How can one understand unfamiliar philosophical stances? How can comparison become a prominent philosophical tool? In this book, Massimiliano Lacertosa examines these questions by proposing an ethical understanding of the aesthetic encounter with the other and the world. Through the analysis of the works of Laozi, Zhuangzi, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, among others, this book explores the possibilities of stepping out of the anthropocentric standpoint and seeing the relation of objects in the world under a different light. This implies a shift from the metaphysical representation of the world divided between the sensible and the supersensible to an aesthetic and undivided experience of the world in which one partakes in the constant transformation of the myriad things. Approachable yet rigorous, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the most fundamental issues of philosophy and in the challenges of doing philosophy in a multicultural context.
| ISBN: | 9781438493640 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2023 |
| Author: | Massimiliano Lacertosa |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 219 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Genres: |
East Asian and Indian philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: aesthetics Ethics and moral philosophy |
Reevaluates Western and Chinese philosophical traditions to question the boundaries of entrenched conceptual frameworks.
What is "Chinese philosophy?" What is "philosophy" itself? How can one understand unfamiliar philosophical stances? How can comparison become a prominent philosophical tool? In this book, Massimiliano Lacertosa examines these questions by proposing an ethical understanding of the aesthetic encounter with the other and the world. Through the analysis of the works of Laozi, Zhuangzi, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, among others, this book explores the possibilities of stepping out of the anthropocentric standpoint and seeing the relation of objects in the world under a different light. This implies a shift from the metaphysical representation of the world divided between the sensible and the supersensible to an aesthetic and undivided experience of the world in which one partakes in the constant transformation of the myriad things. Approachable yet rigorous, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the most fundamental issues of philosophy and in the challenges of doing philosophy in a multicultural context.
From Metaphysical Representations to Aesthetic Life features in the following genres: East Asian and Indian philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy
From Metaphysical Representations to Aesthetic Life is available in Hardback
From Metaphysical Representations to Aesthetic Life was written by Massimiliano Lacertosa and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
From Metaphysical Representations to Aesthetic Life has 219 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture series
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