2. Self-Knowledge, Perspective, and the Possibility of Understanding in Zhuangzi’s Happy Fish Dispute

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Introduction 7
4. I The Importance of Perspective
5. 1. Perspective, Dwelling, and Phenomenology in Early Chinese Philosophy 19
6. 2. Self-Knowledge, Perspective, and the Possibility of Understanding in Zhuangzi’s Happy Fish Dispute 41
7. II Awareness, Self-Consciousness, and the Reality of Appearances
8. 3. “Not Having a Heart” (wu xin 無心) or the Paradox Between Existence and Knowledge in the Philosophy of Guo Xiang 郭象 71
9. 4. The Sense Organs, Awareness and Luminosity in Classical Chinese and Indian Thought 95
10. 5. Selfhood and Subjectivity in Neo- Confucianism 121
11. 6. On Taking Appearances Seriously : Phenomenology, New Confucianism, and the Yogācāra Theory of Consciousness 153
12. 7. Self, Mind, and Consciousness: Comparative Reflections 183
13. III Self and Other: Ethical and Aesthetical Perspective
14. 8. Ritual and Confucian Shame 195
15. 9. Kierkegaard, Confucius, and the Intersubjective Dance 217
16. 10. The Bodily Self in Ancient Chinese Arts and in Twentieth-Century Euro- American Painting 237
17. Index of Names 269
18. Index of Subjects 271