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Environmental Philosophy and East Asia Nature, Time, Responsibility

202 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

202 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

202 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book explores the contributions of East Asian traditions, particularly Buddhism and Daoism, to environmental philosophy in dialogue with European philosophy. It critically examines the conceptions of human responsibility toward nature and across time presented within these traditions. The volume rethinks human relationships to the natural world by focusing on three main themes: Daoist and... Read more

Part 1: Daoist and Eurodaoist Perspectives on Nature, Responsibility and Critique
1. Nature and Dao in Huanglao Boshu
David Chai
2. Eurodaoism and the Environment
Mario Wenning
3. Heidegger's Dao and the Sources of Critique
Matthias Fritsch
4. How to Inhabit the Best of All Possible Worlds? Environmental Responsibility in the Light of Leibniz’s Conception of Time
Sabine Baldin
Part 2: Buddhist Perspectives on Freedom, Life and Nature
5. What is Oriental Liberalism?
Hiroshi Abe
6. Emptying Ecology: Chan Buddhist Antinomianism and Environmental Ethics
Eric Nelson
7. Modification of Life Awareness and Its Poetic Expressions in Japanese Literature
Masataka Furusho
Part 3: Rethinking Time and Human Responsibility toward Nature
8. In Spite of Nature and With Time: Freedom and Responsibility. Two Kantian Spells and Their Possible Refutation
Thomas Buchheim
9. "The Person-Affecting Claim, Non-Identity Problem, and Future Generations
Rui Han
10. The Deep Layers of Responsibility or Anti-Nature in Nature
Ryosuke Ohashi
11. Corporeality in an Ecologically Oriented Aesthetics of Nature
Zhuofei Wang