Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion: Confucian, Comparative, and Contemporary Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Comparative East-West Philosophy)

This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions. This is an open access book.The Groovology of White Affect “This book is an example of ‘New South African’ scholarship of the very best kind. It is the fi rst academic study of boeremusiek, and it invitingly opens signif i cant new channels for our understanding of white racism, both locally and internationally.”—Christopher Ballantine, LG Joel Professor of Music Emeritus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa “Out of the convenient closet of academic avoidance comes Willemien Froneman’s bold groovological theorization of white musical pleasure and boeremusiek’s racialized technologies of affect. The result is a wonderful contribution to South African music history, to engaged theories of whiteness and racial formation, and to contemporary research on indexicalities of language and musical practice.”—Steven Feld, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Music, University of New Mexico, New Mexico, US Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Citation Style Praise for Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction: Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Philosophy and Religion 1.1 Emotions in General, East and West 1.1.1 Theories of Emotions 1.1.2 A Fundamental Issue with Conventional Theories 1.1.3 Dichotomy of Emotion and Reason 1.1.4 Diversity of Emotions 1.2 Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in the Chinese Tradition: Textual, Philosophical, Ethical, and Religious 1.2.1 Emotions in Early (Pre-Buddhist) China 1.2.2 Emotions in Classical Chinese Confucianism 1.2.2.1 Confucius: True Emotions and Human Character 1.2.2.2 The Book of Rites and the Doctrine of the Mean on the Seven Emotions 1.2.2.3 Mencius: Four Beginnings, Moral Emotions, and Self-cultivation 1.2.3 Zhu Xi Neo-Confucianism on Emotions, Human Nature, and the Four-Seven Relationship 1.2.4 Wang Yangming on Selfish Emotions, Essence of Heart-Mind, and Moral Practice 1.3 Emotions in the Buddhist Tradition 1.3.1 The Buddha’s Teaching and Theravada 1.3.2 Indian Mahāyāna Perspectives: Great Compassion and Ultimate Joy 1.3.3 Chinese and Korean Mahāyāna Perspectives: Tiantai, Chan, Pure Land, Wonhyo, and Jinul 1.4 Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Philosophy and Religion 1.4.1 Korean Confucian Perspectives 1.4.1.1 The Holistic Nature, Role, and Problem of Jeong: Emotions, Self-cultivation, Human Relationships, Ethics, and Beyond 1.4.1.2 An Introduction to Part I, Chaps. 2 –5: Korean Confucian Perspectives 1.4.2 Comparative Korean Confucian Perspectives 1.4.2.1 An Introduction to Part II, Chaps. 6 and 7: Comparative Confucian Perspectives 1.4.2.2 An Introduction to Part II, Chap. 8 and Part III, Chap. 12: Confucianism and Social Emotions: Jeong, Han, Heung, and Women 1.4.3 Korean Buddhist and Contemporary Perspectives Wonhyo and Jinul on Emotions and Emotional Control 1.4.3.2 Great Compassion and Joy 1.4.3.3 An Introduction to Part III, Chaps. 9 –11: Emotions in Won Buddhism, Modern Buddhism, and Korean Buddhist Cinema References Abbreviations Primary Sources and Translations: Confucian, Buddhist, and Other Texts Secondary Sources and Modern and Comparative Studies Part I: Confucian Perspectives Chapter 2: Moral Psychology of Emotion in Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Philosophical Debates on the Affective Nature of the Mind 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Four-Seven Debate and the Moral Emotions 2.3 Two Approaches to Emotion in the Four-Seven Debate 2.4 The Horak Debate and the Unaroused Emotions 2.5 Two Approaches to Emotions in the Horak Debate 2.6 Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 3: The Idea of Gyeong/Jing 敬 in Yi Toegye’s Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Availability in Contemporary Ethical Debate 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Zhu Xi and the Neo-Confucian Connotations of the Word Gyeong/Jing 3.3 Toegye on Gyeong/Jing 3.4 Gyeong/Jing in Contemporary Ethical Debate 3.5 Conclusion References Chapter 4: Yi Yulgok on the Role of Emotions in Self-cultivation and Ethics: A Korean Confucian and Comparative Interpretation 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Emotions: Basic Nature and Types 4.3 The Meaning and Role of Emotions in Self-cultivation 4.4 Yulgok’s Ethics of Emotions: Passion for Political Reform 4.5 Conclusion: Confucian and Comparative References Abbreviations Primary Sources and Translations Secondary Sources: Western and East Asian Works Chapter 5: Dasan Jeong Yagyong on Emotions and the Pursuit of Sagehood 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Ambiguity of Emotions 5.3 Addressing the Dual Nature of Emotions 5.4 Emotions in The Pursuit of Sagehood 5.5 Conclusion Glossary References Part II: Comparative Perspectives Chapter 6: Thinking Through the Emotions with Korean Confucianism: Philosophical Translation and the Four-Seven Debate 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Ars Contextualis as Philosophical Translation 6.3 The Four-Seven Debate as Translingual Practice 6.4 Conclusion References Chapter 7: Jeong (情), Civility, and the Heart of a Pluralistic Democracy in Korea 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Jeong and the Heart-mind: The Affective Basis of Moral Equality 7.3 From Moral Equality to Political Equality: A Confucian Theory of “Civil Democracy” 7.4 Conclusion References Chapter 8: Korean Social Emotions: Han (한 恨), Heung (흥 興), and Jeong (정 情) 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Emotions in the Korean Confucian Tradition 8.3 Dangers of Unstable Emotions in the Connected World 8.4 The Precarious Condition for Social Emotions 8.5 Han (恨), Heung (興), and Jeong (情): Unique Feelings in Korean Culture 8.6 Jeong (情): Emotions to Heal the Semiocapitalist Trauma 8.7 Conclusion References Part III: Contemporary Perspectives Chapter 9: Hanmaeum, One Heart-mind: A Korean Buddhist Philosophical Basis of Jeong (情) 9.1 What Is Jeong? Some Psychological Social Perspectives 9.2 The Jeong World and the Hanmaeum World 9.3 Hanmaeum (한마음; One Heart-mind) as the Foundation of Jeong 9.4 Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 10: Resentment and Gratitude in Won Buddhism 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The Mind and the Emotions of Resentment and Gratitude in Won Buddhism 10.3 How to Recover Moral Sensitivity and Friendliness (Jeongui 情誼) 10.4 Religious Ethics of Gratitude 10.5 Conclusion Further Readings References Chapter 11: Jeong and the Interrelationality of Self and Other in Korean Buddhist Cinema 11.1 Introduction 11.2 The Expression of Jeong in Korean Buddhist Films 11.3 A Buddhism for the People: Aje Aje Bara Aje 11.4 Buddhism, Han, and Jeong 11.5 Conclusion References Chapter 12: Emotions (Jeong 情) in Korean Confucianism and Family Experience: An Ecofeminist Perspective 12.1 Introduction 12.2 The Familial Dynamics of Uri, Han, and Jeong 12.3 Jeong and Korean Women 12.4 Jeong, Salim, and an Expansive Planetary Family 12.5 Conclusion References Chapter 13: Conclusion: The Diversity, Dynamics, and Distinctiveness of Korean Jeong References Index This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions. This is an open access book. Edward Y. J. Chung is Professor of Religious Studies, Asian Studies Director, and Korean Studies Project Director at the University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada. Jea Sophia Oh is Associate Professor of Philosophy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research primarily focuses on Asian and comparative philosophies, religion and ecology, and postcolonial theory This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions from the West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and ecofeminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions--back cover