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Early Confucian “Human Supremacy” and Its Daoist Critique

Asian Studies, 2023
The early Confucian texts Mengzi 孟子 and Xunzi 荀子 introduce strict distinctions between the human and non-human realms and formulate genealogies and theories of “human supremacy”.
Hans-Georg Moeller
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Nietzsche at the Deathbed: the Eternal Recurrence as a Counter to the ‘Preaching of Death’

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 6, Page 623-640, November 2025.
Abstract In recent scholarship, the dominant reading of Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence has been as a thought experiment. This paper responds to this in two ways. First, this paper relocates eternal recurrence in the context of Nietzsche’s abiding concern with the ‘preaching of death’, a powerful, life‐negating weapon of the ascetic ...
Mark Higgins
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Mastering the Body: Reading a Discourse of Embodiment in the Zhuangzi

Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT The Zhuangzi is one of the most well‐known early Chinese classics. Subversive and iconoclastic, both in terms of its subject matter and narrative style, the text has profoundly influenced the intellectual and literary history of East Asia. First introduced to the West in the late nineteenth century as an early “Daoist” classic, the Zhuangzi ...
Lana Ko
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Chaotische Totalität und undifferenzierte Leere

Interkulturelles Forum der deutsch-chinesischen Kommunikation
Alfred Döblins bedient sich in seinem Großstadtroman Berlin, Alexanderplatz der Montagetechnik. Zahlreiche Kritiker sind einhellig zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass Döblin sich von der Kinematographie und der zeitgenössischen Literatur zur Montagetechnik ...
Zhang Hui
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Introduction: Convergences and religious change in Asian religions

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 258-267, August 2025.
Abstract This introduction to the special issue examines various approaches to understanding religious change in Asia. It revisits models for religious change—particularly rupture and repair, both featured in prior TAJA issues—and acknowledges their usefulness while also highlighting their limitations.
Kendall R. Marchman
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The Dreamer and Their Authenticity in the Zhuangzi

Religions, 2019
In this paper, I explain the problem of the dreamer in the Zhuangzi. I aim to show that no difference exists between dreaming states and waking states because we have a fluctual relationship with these two stages.
Barbara Aniela Bonar
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Environmentalism From a Confucian Perspective: Record of a Roundtable Discussion

The Philosophical Forum, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 76-83, Autumn (Fall) 2025.
ABSTRACT The 四海为学 “Collaborative Learning” is an online academic forum that hosts a range of lectures, book discussions and roundtables each year, creating a space for collaboration, as well as bringing different opinions into a conversation. The roundtable on “Environmentalism” aligned with the forum's aims, bringing together three prominent scholars ...
Agne Veisaite, Vytis Silius
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Parable as a Tool of Philosophical Persuasion: Yùyán 寓言 in the Zhuangzi in the Context of Late Warring States Period Chinese Literature

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2018
Yùyán is an important part of the legacy of pre-Qin Chinese literature, and is widely used in persuasive texts of the late Warring States Period. These narratives closely resemble Western parables, especially of the New Testament tradition.
Marcin Jacoby
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Towards a More Holistic and Pluralistic Critical Systems Thinking: The Dimension of ‘Hé’ (和)

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 235-241, January/February 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper is dedicated to the pioneering work of Mike Jackson, a prominent figure in systems thinking. His enduring commitment to philosophical inquiry and holism has been pivotal in shaping critical systems thinking (CST). This paper emphasises Jackson's insights into addressing the complexities of the VUCA world. It examines the significant
Wenxian Hetty Sun
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Tao is hidden and nameless: Exploring the mysticism path of Laozi and Zhuangzi

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The contemporary interpretation of Lao-Zhuang’s thought reveals a multidimensional dialogue between tradition and modernity, the local and the exotic, and East and West.
Yue Sun, Yuehua Chen
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