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Presents wide-ranging and up-to-date interpretations of the Zhuangzi, the Daoist classic and one of the most elusive works ever written.

A literary and philosophical masterpiece of its age, and yet one of the most puzzling and elusive texts ever written, the Zhuangzi has been continuously reinterpreted. Here the age-old hermeneutic project of reading the Zhuangzi is brought up to the present with new essays addressing an array of interrelated topics from a variety of perspectives. These include how the work stands in relation to such issues as mystical experience, skeptical and relativist attitudes, individual value, ethical orientation, folk psychologies and popular beliefs, and rhetorical logic and structure. By providing ten uneven perspectives on such matters, this volume contributes to the ongoing discourse on Zhuangzi''s philosophy by placing it within our present interpretive context and pushing that context to new limits.

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      Publisher: State University Press of New York (SUNY)
      Publication Date: 9/25/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780791458655, 978-0791458655
      ISBN10: 0791458652

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Presents wide-ranging and up-to-date interpretations of the Zhuangzi, the Daoist classic and one of the most elusive works ever written.

      A literary and philosophical masterpiece of its age, and yet one of the most puzzling and elusive texts ever written, the Zhuangzi has been continuously reinterpreted. Here the age-old hermeneutic project of reading the Zhuangzi is brought up to the present with new essays addressing an array of interrelated topics from a variety of perspectives. These include how the work stands in relation to such issues as mystical experience, skeptical and relativist attitudes, individual value, ethical orientation, folk psychologies and popular beliefs, and rhetorical logic and structure. By providing ten uneven perspectives on such matters, this volume contributes to the ongoing discourse on Zhuangzi''s philosophy by placing it within our present interpretive context and pushing that context to new limits.

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