Embodiment Theory and Chinese Philosophy - Contextualization and Decontextualization of Thought

This book analyses some of the seminal texts of the Chinese tradition in light of the embodied tradition: the Analects of Confucius, the Zhuangzi, and the Treatise on Music . Margus Ott''s study shows how they exemplify aspects of embodiment theory while highlighting others that have been neglected in contemporary work. Ott also develops far-reaching possibilities of an embodied philosophy. The embodied understanding did not go unchallenged in Ancient China. There were important counter-currents, most notably the Mohists and the so-called Legalists. It has been argued that this challenge set the Chinese philosophical tradition in motion. By using embodiment theory Ott demonstrates how these ideas can be seen as a decontextualizing tendency of thought that plays an important role in human affairs.

Product details

• Authors: Margus Ott, Margus Ott
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.02.2026
• EAN: 9781350424173
• ISBN: 978-1-350-42417-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy