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Hon / Sigurðsson

Contemporary Interpretations and Readings of the Yijing

The Changes in Our Times

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-981-960608-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Erscheinungstermin: 30.04.2025
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This book questions whether the ancient, iconic Chinese book of divination, might help us navigate the precarious, complex, and seemingly unpredictable intricacies of present contemporary times. The essays contained in this book respond affirmatively to this question in seeking to show how can help us think through the particularly human challenge of establishing meaning and making choices between alternatives. The author’s book explores and discusses novel and often surprising ways for contemporary readers to interpret and apply this ancient Chinese classic, touching upon fields such as narration, technology, ecology, psychology, aesthetics, ontology, cognition, semiotics, and gender issues. This book is of appeal to both students and informed readers with an interest in the mysteries of , and to researchers in areas of Chinese philosophy, Chinese history, religious studies, and East Asian approaches to health and well-being.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9789819606085
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-981-960608-5
  • Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
  • Erscheinungstermin: 30.04.2025
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2025
  • Serie: Chinese Culture
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 498 g
  • Seiten: 207
  • Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Introduction.- Part One: New Meanings.- Ancient Chinese Cosmologies and Models for Action: Examining the Influence of the on Two Excavated Manuscripts.- Mythic Narratives in the and the .- Chinese Cosmotechnology: Dao ? and Qi ? in the .- How Do We Know? Intuition and Ratio in the .- Transformation and Change: The and Chinese Aesthetic Theory.- Part Two: Contemporary Implications.- The Ideas of Dynamism and Stability in the and Contemporary Thought.- Image as Instrument (qi ?): Prognostication and “Knowing” in American Pragmatism.- In Search of Possibilities: The Philosophy of Divination in the .- and Feminism: Gender Equality in the Scandinavian Interpretations of the Book of Change.- and Whitehead: A Comparison of Eight Trigrams Diagram and Categoreal Scheme .- A Paradigm Shift: The Studies in North America,1980-2020.