Dao of Civilization - A Letter to China

The book sets out a prospectus for a new form of civilization patterned at every level to serve and sustain the biosphere. It calls on China to lead the world towards this new era by re-crafting its own civilization in accordance with its indigenous tap-root: Dao.

List of contents

Part I A Philosopher's Letter to President Xi Jinping: on the Meaning of Greatness; Part II By the Law of the Living Cosmos: Shanghai Lectures on Ecological Civilization; Introduction; Lecture 1; Lecture 2; Lecture 3; Lecture 4 Epilogue; Acknowledgements; General Bibliography; Index

About the author

Freya Mathews is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia. She is the editor of Ecology and Democracy and the author of The Ecological Self.

Product details

• Authors: Freya Mathews, Mathews Freya
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781839984853
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-485-3
• No. of pages: 108
• Series: Anthem Impact
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sustainability, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Popular philosophy, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, RELIGION / Taoism, Western thinking; Chinese tradition of Daoism