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- Effortless Action: Wu-wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Id
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195138996
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9780195138993
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Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Effortless Action : Wu-Wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Movements / Existentialism, Eastern
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Textbook
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Philosophy
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Hardcover
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1.1 in
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25 Oz
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6.5 in
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9.4 in
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"The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevant scholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinese thought."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, "Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative youngscholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion byapplying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especiallyconceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work thatexplores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never beforeachievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around thismost central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, andreligion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are ahumanist seeking a deeper understanding and culture and history, this book willopen up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, Universityof California, Berkeley, "This provocative work is the most ambitious general study of pre-Qin thought to appear in more than a decade. ...a rich, stimulating work, full of interpretive insights that shed light on conceptions of ethical perfection in early Chinese thought."--Philosophy East and West "The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevant scholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinese thought."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis.Effortless Actionis a remarkable work that explores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this most central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding of culture and history, this book will open up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics,University of California, Berkeley "Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China."--Philip Ivanhoe, author ofConfucian Moral Self CultivationandEthics in the Confucian Tradition, "Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China."--PhilipIvanhoe, author of Confucian Moral Self Cultivation and Ethics in the Confucian Tradition, As a survey of the concept of wuwei, the text is very successful ... No other book-length project of which I am aware delves into the topic in such a comprehensive and substantive way., "Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work thatexplores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this most central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. Andif you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding of culture and history, this book will open up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, "Edward Slingerland manages to gain new leverage on a familiar topic by skillfully applying conceptual metaphor analysis. The result is a strikingly original set of insights into the ideologies set forth in these texts and the place of wuwei in them, written in engaging prose. ...asignificant achievement and deserves to be read not just by sinologists but also by scholars interested in metaphor theory and its application to cross-cultural comparison." --History of Religions, "Edward Slingerland manages to gain new leverage on a familiar topic byskillfully applying conceptual metaphor analysis. The result is a strikinglyoriginal set of insights into the ideologies set forth in these texts and theplace of wuwei in them, written in engaging prose. ...a significant achievementand deserves to be read not just by sinologists but also by scholars interestedin metaphor theory and its application to cross-cultural comparison." --Historyof Religions, "Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notionthan anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenchedskeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about everymajor religious thinker in traditional China."--Philip Ivanhoe, "Edward Slingerland manages to gain new leverage on a familiar topic by skillfully applying conceptual metaphor analysis. The result is a strikingly original set of insights into the ideologies set forth in these texts and the place of wuwei in them, written in engaging prose. ...a significant achievement and deserves to be read not just by sinologists but also by scholars interested in metaphor theory and its application to cross-cultural comparison." --History of Religions "The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevant scholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinese thought."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work that explores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this most central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding of culture and history, this book will open up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley "Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China."--Philip Ivanhoe, author of Confucian Moral Self Cultivation and Ethics in the Confucian Tradition, 'Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China.'Philip Ivanhoe'Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work that explores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this mostcentral of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding and culture andhistory, this book will open up new worlds to you.'George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, "This provocative work is the most ambitious general study of pre-Qin thought to appear in more than a decade. ...a rich, stimulating work, full of interpretive insights that shed light on conceptions of ethical perfection in early Chinese thought."-- Philosophy East and West "The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevant scholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinese thought."-- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work that explores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this most central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding of culture and history, this book will open up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley "Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China."--Philip Ivanhoe, author of Confucian Moral Self Cultivation and Ethics in the Confucian Tradition, ... recommended ... well written and scholarly and deals with an inexplicably overlooked area ... will be of interest to scholars of Chinese thought but also to linguists and others interested in literary theory. It would also work well as a textbook for an upper-level class on Chinese thought., "This provocative work is the most ambitious general study of pre-Qin thought to appear in more than a decade. ...a rich, stimulating work, full of interpretive insights that shed light on conceptions of ethical perfection in early Chinese thought."--Philosophy East and West "The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevant scholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinese thought."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work that explores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this most central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding of culture and history, this book will open up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley "Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China."--Philip Ivanhoe, author of Confucian Moral Self Cultivation and Ethics in the Confucian Tradition, "The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevantscholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinesethought."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, "The scope of Slingerland's discussion and his mastery of the relevant scholarship make the book a useful and learned introduction to early Chinese thought."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies"Edward Slingerland is one of a group of exciting and creative young scholars revolutionizing the study of Chinese history, culture, and religion by applying the recently developed tools of cognitive analysis, especially conceptual metaphor analysis. Effortless Action is a remarkable work that explores the meaning of the crucial concept of wu-wei in a depth never before achievable, showing how Chinese metaphorical thought forms a nexus around this most central of ideas. If you care about China, about its culture, history, and religion, you will find this book extremely enlightening. And if you are a humanist seeking a deeper understanding of culture and history, this book will open up new worlds to you."--George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley"Slingerland shows that wu-wei is a much richer and more pervasive notion than anyone has ever imagined. His work will convince even the most entrenched skeptic that it is an important and often neglected concern of just about every major religious thinker in traditional China."--Philip Ivanhoe, author of Confucian Moral Self Cultivation and Ethics in the Confucian Tradition
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
181.11
Synopsis
This study argues that the concept of 'wu-wei' or 'effortless action' serves as a spiritual ideal for a group of five early Chinese thinkers - Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Shuangzi, and Xunzi - who share what might be called the 'mainstream' Chinese worldview, which is characterised by the belief that there is a normative order to the cosmos (the "Way"), within which humans have a proper place and mode of behaviour. Humans once existed in a state of accord with this order, but have since fallen out of this harmonious state. Wu-wei, Slingerland contends, serves as a soteriological goal that can only be understood within this worldview. It represents a re-establishment of this original ideal state, and a person who has regained this state will acquire a type of charismatic virtue or inner power. In its most basic form, the paradox is that wu-wei is a state of effortless action that must be regained through a process of self-cultivation: it is hard to see how one can try not to try. The most revealing way to understand the five thinkers under consideration, Slingerland believes, is to see them as responding in various ways both to the paradox of wu-wei and to previous thinkers' proposed solutions., This book presents a systematic account of the role of the personal spiritual ideal of wu-wei--literally "no doing," but better rendered as "effortless action"--in early Chinese thought. Edward Slingerland's analysis shows that wu-wei represents the most general of a set of conceptual metaphors having to do with a state of effortless ease and unself-consciousness. This concept of effortlessness, he contends, serves as a common ideal for both Daoist and Confucian thinkers. He also argues that this concept contains within itself a conceptual tension that motivates the development of early Chinese thought: the so-called "paradox of wu-wei," or the question of how one can consciously "try not to try." Methodologically, this book represents a preliminary attempt to apply the contemporary theory of conceptual metaphor to the study of early Chinese thought. Although the focus is upon early China, both the subject matter and methodology have wider implications. The subject of wu-wei is relevant to anyone interested in later East Asian religious thought or in the so-called "virtue-ethics" tradition in the West. Moreover, the technique of conceptual metaphor analysis--along with the principle of "embodied realism" upon which it is based--provides an exciting new theoretical framework and methodological tool for the study of comparative thought, comparative religion, intellectual history, and even the humanities in general. Part of the purpose of this work is thus to help introduce scholars in the humanities and social sciences to this methodology, and provide an example of how it may be applied to a particular sub-field.
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B126.S645 2003
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