Im Yunjidang

"This Element aims to critically examine the philosophical thought of Im Yunjidang (1721-93), a female Korean Neo-Confucian philosopher from the Chosæon dynasty (1392-1910), and to present her as a feminist thinker. Unlike most Korean women of her time, Yunjidang had the exceptional opportunity to be introduced to a major philosophical debate among Korean Neo-Confucians, which was focused on two core questions - whether sages and commoners share the same heart-mind and whether the natures of human beings and animals are identical. In the course of engaging in this debate, she was able to reformulate Neo-Confucian metaphysics and the ethics of moral self-cultivation, culminating in her bold ideas of the moral equality between men and women and the possibility of female sagehood. By proposing a "stage approach" to feminism that is also sensitive to the cultural context, this Element shows that Yunjidang's philosophical thought could be best captured in terms of Confucian feminism"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Yunjidang: The Person and Her World; 2. Im Yunjidang's Neo-Confucian Philosophy; 3. Im Yunjidang and Confucian Feminism; Conclusion.

Summary

This Element aims to critically examine the philosophical thought of Im Yunjidang ???? (1721-93), a female Korean Neo–Confucian philosopher from the Choson ?? dynasty (1392–1910), and to present her as a feminist thinker.

Product details

• Authors: Sungmoon Kim, Sungmoon (City University of Hong Kong) Kim, Kim Sungmoon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2022
• EAN: 9781009010665
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0901066-5
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Korea, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge