Adapting : a Chinese philosophy of action / Mercedes Valmisa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valmisa, Mercedes, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Agent (Philosophy).

Philosophy, Chinese.

Philosophy, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages)

Other Title:

Chinese philosophy of action

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This monograph is dedicated to the exploration and rigorous reconstruction of relational action devised by Classical Chinese philosophers who attempted to account for the interdependent and embedded character of human agency - what Mercedes Valmisa denominates 'adapting' or 'adaptive agency' (yin). As opposed to more unilateral approaches to action conceptualized in the Classical Chinese corpus, such as forceful and prescriptive agency, adapting requires heightened awareness of self and others, equanimity, flexibility, creativity, and response. Valmisa explores the core conception of adapting both on autochthonous terms and by cross-cultural comparison, drawing on the European and Analytic philosophical traditions as well as on scholarship from other disciplines, opening a brand-new topic in Chinese and comparative philosophy.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-757297-9

0-19-757299-5

0-19-757298-7

OCLC:

1243906676