Liberation as Affirmation : The Religiosity of Zhuangzi and Nietzsche

by Shang, Ge Ling; Shang, Geling

• ISBN13: 9780791466674
• ISBN10: 0791466671
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780791482247
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-09
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

"In this book, author Ge Ling Shang provides a systematic comparison of original texts by Zhuangzi (fourth century B.C.E.) and Nietzsche (1846-1900), under the rubric of religiosity, to challenge those who have customarily relegated both thinkers to relativism, nihilism, escapism, pessimism, or anti-religion."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
Reinterpreting Zhuangzi and Nietzsche	2	(2)
Perspective on Comparative Philosophy	4	(1)
Method and Plan	5	(4)
Zhuangzi's Dao: A Way Of Freedom	9	(50)
The Concept of Dao in Early Chinese History	11	(4)
Wuwu: A Deconstruction of Metaphysical Perspectives of Dao	15	(8)
Dao Throughs as One	23	(6)
Wuzhi: Equalizing Opinions is the Way of True Knowledge	29	(8)
Language without Words: Beyond Language and Silence	37	(9)
Wuwei or Non-doing: Against the Tradition of Morality	46	(6)
Xiao Yao You: A Spiritual Freedom Realized in this World	52	(7)
Nietzsche's Philosophy Of Life Affirmation	59	(44)
Nietzsche's Mission: Revaluation of All Values	60	(7)
Genealogy: A New Way of Philosophizing	67	(4)
Truth, Knowledge, and Morals	71	(15)
Metaphysics as a Symptom of Human Decadence	72	(4)
Truths as Lies and Will to Truth as Ascetic Ideal	76	(2)
Language and Truth	78	(1)
Does Nietzsche Renounce the Existence of Truth?	79	(1)
A Genealogical Critique of Morality	80	(3)
Overcoming Metaphysics	83	(3)
The World of Appearances and the Will to Power	86	(7)
Religiosity: Liberation as Life Affirmation	93	(10)
An Interplay Between Zhuangzi And Nietzsche	103	(34)
Goblet Words and Dionysian Dithyramb	104	(4)
Truth, Knowledge, and Interpretation	108	(5)
Revaluation and Devaluation: Beyond Good and Evil	113	(5)
Nature as Primary Unity	118	(7)
True Person and Ubermensch: Living in the World	125	(6)
Ziran and Freedom: Life Affirmation	131	(3)
Further Reflections on Differences Between Zhuangzi and Nietzsche	134	(3)
Converging New Worlds: Zhuangzi, Nietzsche, And Contemporary Philosophy	137	(28)
Affirmation after Deconstruction: Zhuangzi and Nietzsche Challenge Postmodern Solutions	138	(8)
The Liberation of Thought: Zhuangzi and Nietzsche in Contemporary China	146	(7)
Philosophical Religiosity	153	(12)
Notes	165	(16)
Selected References	181	(8)
Index	189