Non-humans in the Zhuangzi: Animalism and anti-anthropocentrism

IF 0.5 2区 哲学 0 ASIAN STUDIES
P. D’Ambrosio
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ABSTRACT Some argue that animals and non-human figures in the Zhuangzi help displace the significance of humans. According to others the Zhuangzi suggests a certain time of ‘animalism,’ asking us to be more like various types of fauna and flora that do not share our self-centeredness. In this paper the use of non-human characters in the Zhuangzi will be examined through a survey of traditional Chinese commentary, comparisons with the Lunyu, and placing the use of non-human characters within the larger context of the Zhuangzi. Thus we find that while anti-anthropocentric and animalistic perspectives can be philosophized with the Zhuangzi, the text itself is not overly concerned with these subjects. Animals and non-human characters are mainly allegorical or metaphorical, allowing the Zhuangzito 1) make broadly applicable arguments; 2) playfully discuss ideas that may be unappealing at first glance, and; 3) create a distance that allows the text to resist ossification.
庄子中的非人:动物主义与反人类中心主义
摘要有人认为《庄子》中的动物和非人形象有助于取代人类的意义。根据其他人的说法,《庄子》暗示了一个“动物主义”的时代,要求我们更像各种各样的动物和植物,而不是以我们自己为中心。本文将通过对中国传统评论的调查,与《论说》进行比较,并将非人字的使用置于《庄子》的大背景下,来考察《庄子》中非人字的用法。因此,我们发现,虽然反人类中心主义和动物主义的观点可以用《庄子》来哲学化,但文本本身并没有过度关注这些主题。动物和非人的性格主要是寓言或隐喻的,允许庄子1)提出广泛适用的论点;2) 开玩笑地讨论乍一看可能没有吸引力的想法;3) 创造一个距离,让文本抵抗僵化。
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ASIAN PHILOSOPHY
ASIAN PHILOSOPHY Multiple-
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期刊介绍: Asian Philosophy is an international journal concerned with such philosophical traditions as Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist and Islamic. The purpose of the journal is to bring these rich and varied traditions to a worldwide academic audience. It publishes articles in the central philosophical areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, moral and social philosophy, as well as in applied philosophical areas such as aesthetics and jurisprudence. It also publishes articles comparing Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.
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