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Gongsheng Across Contexts : A Philosophy of Co-Becoming.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Song, Bing.
Other Authors: Zhan, Yiwen.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2024.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 What Intellectual Shift Do We Need in a Time of Planetary Risks? Inspirations from Symbiosis in Life Sciences and the Notion of Gongsheng/Kyōsei
  • Context and Inquiry
  • Symbiosis and Symbiogenesis in Life Sciences
  • The Notion of Gongsheng/Kyōsei in Contemporary Japan and China
  • Structure of the Book and Note on the Translation of Gongsheng/Kyōsei
  • Philosophical Origins of the Notion of Gongsheng
  • Influence of Native Chinese Philosophical Traditions
  • Influence from Buddhist Teachings: Doctrine of Co-Dependent Origination
  • Differences, Competition and Collaboration: Integral Parts of Gongsheng/Kyōsei
  • Gongsheng/Kyōsei: A Prosaic Fact, a Composite Philosophical Concept and an Inspiration for Ethical Living by Human Species
  • Gongsheng in Broad Contexts
  • Ecological Anthropology-From De-Gongsheng to Re-Gongsheng
  • A Gongsheng-Inspired International Relations Theory?
  • Gongsheng-Informed Healing Practices
  • Shared Ideal and Common Ethical Aspiration? Convivialism and the Notion of Gongsheng/Kyōsei
  • Classical Notion of an Individual Reconsidered
  • Acceptance of Ideological Diversity and Pluralism as Theoretical Foundation
  • Anthropocentrism Challenged
  • Shared Sense of Care for Others, Ethos of Cooperation and Virtue of Self-Restraint
  • Bibliography
  • 2 The Re-engineering of Gongsheng: On the Methodology of this Volume and Its Philosophical Implications
  • Methodological Remarks
  • Terminological Issues
  • Remarks on Research Backgrounds
  • Philosophical Implications
  • Gongsheng and Conceptual Engineering
  • Gongsheng and (Meta-)metaphysics
  • Bibliography
  • Part II Gongsheng/Kyōsei in Classical Philosophies.
  • 3 Introduction on the Ethical "Doctrine of Gongsheng" Based on Song-Ming Confucianism's "Unity of Consummate Persons and Things"
  • Zhang Zai's "Theory of Foundational Qi" and the Gongsheng Doctrine
  • The "Foundational Patterning (Li) Theory" of the Cheng Brothers and Gongsheng
  • Wang Yangming's "Oneness of Consummate Conduct" and the Gongsheng of All Myriad Things
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • 4 The Concept of Gongsheng in Daoist Philosophy: Examples from Laozi and Zhuangzi
  • Laozi: "All Things Begin Together" and "Self-Creation"
  • Zhuangzi on "Gongsheng" and its Philosophy
  • A Comparative Study on Heidegger's "Being-with" and Daoism's Gongsheng
  • Bibliography
  • 5 "If Humans Are Free of Disease, Then Tian Is Free of Disease": Ecological Civilization and the Daoist Concept of Gongsheng
  • "Eliminating Disasters," "Chengfu" 承 (Inheritance or Reception and Transmission), and "Gongsheng" in the Taiping Jing
  • "To Love Others, You Must First Love Yourself"-Gongsheng Within Oneself
  • "We Speak of 'Rich' When There Is Sufficient Supply"-Gongsheng Between Humans and the Myriad Things
  • "Sharing One's Wealth," "Providing Emergency Relief to the Poor," "The Dao of Tian Is to Help the Weak"-Gongsheng Within Society
  • "If Man Is Free of Disease, Then Tian Is Free from Disease"-Gongsheng Between Humans and Tian
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • 6 Co-dependent Origination and the Doctrine of Gongsheng: A Buddhist Perspective on the Harmony of Humanity, Nature, and Civilizations
  • Buddhist Co-dependent Origination and the Doctrine of Gongsheng
  • Huayan Buddhism and the Doctrine of Gongsheng
  • The Degeneration and Overcoming of Gongsheng
  • Bibliography
  • 7 The Gap of Wen and the Edge of Chaos: From the Conundrum of Kyōsei to the "Cosmic Hope"
  • The Ideal and Reality of Kyōsei: The Concept of Kyōsei in Japan.
  • The Philosophy of Kyōsei in Practice
  • The Tension Between Symbiosis in Nature and Kyōsei in Humanity
  • The Gap of Wen: From Tan Sitong Back to Xunzi
  • The Gap of Wen
  • The Death of "Chaos" (Hundun 浑沌)
  • Chaos and the Tripolar Structure: The Allure of Contrastive Relationships
  • The Edge of Chaos
  • Between Order and Disorder: Co-existing with the "Other"
  • The Dynamic Structure of Patterns All Under Tian
  • Summary: The Ideal of Kyōsei and "Cosmic Hope"
  • Bibliography
  • Part III Gongsheng in Contemporary Contexts
  • 8 How to Understand Symbiosis?: The Conflict and Integration of Two Pictures of Life
  • Two Pictures of Life
  • Challenging the Classical Natural Selection Paradigm
  • The Battle for Gaia: Dawkins vs. Margulis
  • The Collaborative Framework: A New Paradigm for Life
  • The Unit of Collaboration: The Holobiont
  • Bibliography
  • 9 The Microbiome Is Redefining What It Means to be Human
  • The Causal Relationship Between Symbiotic Microbes and Human Diseases
  • Our Gut Microbiota-a "Forgotten Organ"
  • Gut Microbiota-Challenging How We Define "Organs"
  • Redefining What It Means to be Human
  • Bibliography
  • 10 Gongsheng in Ecological Anthropology
  • Ecological Anthropology and Gongsheng
  • Gongsheng: Linking Cultural Diversity and Biological Diversity
  • De-Gongsheng: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, and Globalization
  • Re-introducing Gongsheng: Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Justice, and Multispecies Ethnography
  • The Reorganization, Rediscovery, and Reuse of Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Culture
  • The Coordination of Relationships Between People and the Integration of Environmental Justice
  • Embracing Multispecies Ethnography
  • Bibliography
  • 11 Yaoshi Tongyuan: The Symbiotic Practice in Traditional Medicines
  • Flavorful Soup in both Culinary and Medical Practices
  • The Way of Flavor (味 ).
  • Five Phases: The Boundaries of Gongsheng and Coexistence
  • Case One: Master Li's Healing Magic
  • Case Two: Doctor Huang Asks, "Do You Believe in Fate?"
  • The Gongsheng Practice in Traditional Medicines
  • Bibliography
  • 12 The Gongsheng School of International Relations: China's Experience
  • Bibliography
  • Part IV Resonance
  • 13 Origins and Theoretical Foundations of Convivialism
  • A Few Words About Convivialism
  • First Remarks on the Origins and Theoretical Foundations of Convivialism
  • And More Specifically… The Anti-Utilitarianism of MAUSS
  • On Anti-Utilitarianism
  • Some Discoveries of Mauss and of MAUSS
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • 14 Ontology, Conviviality and Symbiosis Or: Are There Gifts of Nature?
  • Introduction
  • The Nature-Culture Divide
  • Against Mono-Naturalism
  • Animal Agency and Symbioses
  • Theory of the Gift or Taking Care
  • Conclusion: Conviviality and Symbiosis
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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