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The Paradox of Being - Truth, Identity, and Images in Daoism (Hardcover)
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The Paradox of Being - Truth, Identity, and Images in Daoism (Hardcover)
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
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The question of truth has never been more urgent than today, when
the distortion of facts and the imposition of pseudo-realities in
the service of the powerful have become the order of the day. In
The Paradox of Being Poul Andersen addresses the concept of truth
in Chinese Daoist philosophy and ritual. His approach is
unapologetically universalist, and the book may be read as a call
for a new way of studying Chinese culture, one that does not shy
away from approaching "the other" in terms of an engagement with
"our own" philosophical heritage. The basic Chinese word for truth
is zhen, which means both true and real, and it bypasses the
separation of the two ideas insisted on in much of the Western
philosophical tradition. Through wide-ranging research into Daoist
ritual, both in history and as it survives in the present day,
Andersen shows that the concept of true reality that informs this
tradition posits being as a paradox anchored in the inexistent Way
(Dao). The preferred way of life suggested by this insight consists
in seeking to be an exception to ordinary norms and rules of
behavior which nonetheless engages what is common to us all.
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