The Mutual Cultivation of Self and Things: A Contemporary Chinese Philosophy of the Meaning of Being (World Philosophies)

Yang Guorong Is One Of The Most Prominent Chinese Philosophers Working Today And Is Best Known For Using The Full Range Of Chinese Philosophical Resources In Connection With The Thought Of Kant, Hegel, Marx, And Heidegger. In The Mutual Cultivation Of Self And Things, Yang Grapples With The Philosophical Problem Of How The Complexly Interwoven Nature Of Things And Being Relates To Human Nature, Values, Affairs, And Facts, And Ultimately Creates A World Of Meaning. Yang Outlines How Humans Might Live More Fully Integrated Lives On Philosophical, Religious, Cultural, Aesthetic, And Material Planes. This First English Translation Introduces Current, Influential Work From China To Readers Worldwide.--page [4] Of Cover. Meaning In The Context Of Accomplishing Oneself And Accomplishing Things -- Human Capacities And A World Of Meaning -- Systems Of Norms And The Genesis Of Meaning -- Meaning In The World Of Spirit -- Meaning And Reality -- Meaning And The Individual -- Accomplishing Oneself And Accomplishing Things: Value In A World Of Meaning. Yang Guorong ; Foreword By Hans-georg Moeller ; Translated By Chad Austin Meyers. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 293-299) And Index. La 4e de couverture indique : "Yang Guorong is one of the most prominent Chinese philosophers working today and is best known for using the full range of Chinese philosophical resources in connection with the thought of Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Heidegger. In The Mutual Cultivation of Self and Things, Yang grapples with the philosophical problem of how the complexly interwoven nature of things and being relates to human nature, values, affairs, and facts, and ultimately creates a world of meaning. Yang outlines how humans might live more fully integrated lives on philosophical, religious, cultural, aesthetic, and material planes. This first English translation introduces current, influential work from China to readers worldwide." Cover 1 Contents 6 Foreword 8 Introduction 20 1 Meaning in the Context of Accomplishing Oneself and Accomplishing Things 47 2 Human Capacities and a World of Meaning 88 3 Systems of Norms and the Genesis of Meaning 131 4 Meaning in the World of Spirit 163 5 Meaning and Reality 196 6 Meaning and the Individual 227 7 Accomplishing Oneself and Accomplishing Things: Value in a World of Meaning 257 Notes 288 Bibliography 312 Index 320 A 320 B 320 C 320 D 320 E 320 F 321 G 321 H 321 I 321 J 321 K 321 L 321 M 322 N 322 O 322 P 322 Q 322 R 322 S 322 T 323 U 323 V 323 W 323 X 323 Y 323 Z 323