Freedom''s Frailty - Self-Realization in the Neo-Daoist Philosophy of Guo Xiang''s Zhuangzi

Draws on Guo Xiang's commentary on the Zhuangzi to construct an account of freedom that is both metaphysical and political.

About the author

Christine Abigail L. Tan is Lecturer at the National University of Singapore.Brook Ziporyn is Professor of Chinese Philosophy, Religion, and Comparative Thought at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of several books, including The Penumbra Unbound: The Neo-Taoist Philosophy of Guo Xiang and Ironies of Oneness and Difference: Coherence in Early Chinese Thought; Prolegomena to the Study of Li, both also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Abigail L Tan, Christine Abigail L. Tan, Christine Abigail L./ Ziporyn Tan
• Assisted by: Brook Ziporyn (Foreword)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781438497464
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9746-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Taoist, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, RELIGION / Taoism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Taoism