The ecological era and classical Chinese naturalism : a case study of Tao Yuanming /: a case study of Tao Yuanming. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shuyuan Lu ; translated by Meng Xiangehun.
• Other Names: Lu, Shuyuan
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Translator's Note; 1 Tao Yuanming and the Meta-question of Humanity; 1.1 Tao as an Oriental Prophet of the Meta-question of Humanity; 1.2 Tao: The Avatar of Nature; 1.2.1 Following the True and the Natural; 1.2.2 Abandon and Aloofness; 1.2.3 Unintendedness and Resignation to Nature's Transformation; 1.3 Dwelling Poetically in Nature; 1.4 The Nature and Naturalness of Tao's Poetry; 1.5 Tao's Greatness Out of Nature-Centrism; 1.6 Nature: The Intersection of Two Philosophies; 2 Tao Yuanming's Natural Philosophy; Anchor 2. 2.1 Tao's Philosophizing2.2 The Significance of Nature in the Sinosphere; 2.3 The Modern Evolution of Daoist Natural Philosophy; 2.4 "Knowing the Bright but Cleaving to the Dark" and "Tao's Names"; 2.5 "Knowing the Bright but Cleaving to the Dark" and Tao's Wisdom of Life; 2.6 Tao's "Knowing the Bright but Cleaving to the Dark" and Heidegger's Philosophy; 3 Tao Yuanming and Naturalistic Romanticism; 3.1 The European Romantic Literary Tradition and Nature; 3.2 Tao as an Ancient Oriental Natural Romantic Poet; 3.3 Tao's Foreign "Naturalistic Soulmates." 3.4 Tao and Rousseau: From Civil Men to Natural Men3.5 Tao and Thoreau: The Creation of Dreamy Nature and Freedom in a Poetic Ambience; 4 The Evolving Perception of Nature and the Death of Tao Yuanming; 4.1 The Evolving Perception of "Nature" in the History of Chinese Literature; 4.2 The Origin and Development of Tao's Poetic Conception; 4.3 A Turning Point in Tao's Reception; 4.4 The Modern Literary Revolution and Tao; 4.5 The Death of Tao; 5 The Specter of Tao and the Plights of Contemporary Human Existence; Anchor 2; 5.1 The "Specter" and Derrida's "Specter" Theory. 5.2 Tao as a Specter in the Kingdom of Poetry5.3 Can Man Resort to the Specter?; 5.4 The Specter of Tao and the Plights of Contemporary Human Existence; 5.4.1 The Perception of the Enlightened: The Cage and the Disciplined Society; 5.4.2 Return: Regressivism and Progressivism; 5.4.3 A Pure Heart and Cheerful Chanting: Honorable Poverty and the Consumer Society; 5.4.4 The Tranquil Southern Mount: Leisure and Work Ethic; 5.4.5 Chanting in the Field: Tianyuan Poetry and Agricultural Society; 5.4.6 The Complexity of the "Peach-blossom Springs": An Oriental Utopia and Post-modern Romanticism.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 167 pages)
• Subjects: 895.112; Chinese poetry -- Appreciation; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General; Chinese poetry -- Appreciation; Philosophy; Philosophy of Nature; Cultural Studies; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811017841; 9811017840
• Related ISBNs: 9811017824; 9789811017827
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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