The Zhuangzi on Coping with Society
Stories in the Zhuangzi detailing expert artisans and other extraordinary people are often read as celebrations of “skills” or “knacks.” In this paper, I will argue that they would be more accurately understood as “coping” stories. Taken as a celebration of one’s “skill” or “knack” they transform th...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 2020, Band: 48, Heft: 3, Seiten: 474-497 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Zhuangzi 365 v. Chr.-290 v. Chr.
/ Gesellschaftliche Organisation
/ Soziale Integration
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik BM Chinesischer Universismus; Konfuzianismus; Taoismus NCB Individualethik NCC Sozialethik |
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Zhuangzi
B genuine pretending B Identity B skill stories B knack stories B Vocation |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Stories in the Zhuangzi detailing expert artisans and other extraordinary people are often read as celebrations of “skills” or “knacks.” In this paper, I will argue that they would be more accurately understood as “coping” stories. Taken as a celebration of one’s “skill” or “knack” they transform the Zhuangzi into an implicit advocate of conforming to, or even identifying with, one’s social roles. I will argue that the stories of artisans and extraordinarily skilled people are less about cultivating one’s talents so as to “find one’s calling,” better fulfill social expectations, or achieve oneness with Dao, than they are concerned with developing strategies for coping with natural and social contingencies. Read in this way, there is much to learn from the Zhuangzi when reflecting on contemporary social and political issues, especially those related to meritocratic hubris. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12321 |