Experiences of Learning, Teaching, and Investigating Chinese Philosophy in Europe
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Selusi Ambrogio
Abstract
In this paper, I will present the experience gained in the two workshops—“Teaching Chinese Philosophy in Europe” (October 13–15, 2023) and “Global Chinese Philosophy: European Perspectives” (February 16–18, 2024)—held at Free Berlin University and organized by Prof. Fabian Heubel and Prof. Hans Feger. The argument will be divided, like the workshops themselves, into two directions. In the first part, I will present the activity of the Education Network of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy, my teaching activity with the specific perspectives, strategies, and peculiarities. I will also present two dream courses that well represent the peculiarities of my research path. In the second part, on the other hand, I will illustrate a research project on the human-nature relationship that is also an integral part of my university teaching activity. Starting from a definition of new trends in ecological discourse, I will trace the specific Chinese contribution of authors such as Wang Yangming, Wang Fuzhi, and Mou Zongsan to the global debate through a comparison with the post-turn Heidegger.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial Preface
- Preface
- I. Teaching Daoist Philosophy
- Experiences of Learning, Teaching, and Investigating Chinese Philosophy in Europe
- Zhuangzi as Educator: Spectatorial Engagement and Transcultural Understanding for Global Citizenship
- Teaching Chinese Philosophy Outside the Philosophy Classroom: Reflections on Contents, Methods, and Prospects
- From “Being and Time” to “Dao and Time”
- II. Teaching Confucian Philosophy
- How to Interpret Chinese Philosophy to the West—My Experience of Teaching Chinese Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin
- Teaching through Sublation: Political and Philosophical Confucianism
- Engaging with Li 禮 in the European Philosophy Classroom
- A Few Reflections from Central Europe on Teaching Chinese Philosophy
- Teaching Chinese Philosophy: From a “Skill-Based” to a “Thinking Through Early Chinese Philosophy” Approach
- The Teaching of “Chinese Philosophy” in Sinology Studies
- Look Back in Anger? Chinese Philosophy at Ruhr University Bochum
- III. Teaching Chinese Buddhist Philosophy
- Buddhism as Philosophy: Exercise in Observing Observation: The Nonduality of Paradoxical and Representational Thinking in Chinese Buddhism
- Ideas, Labels, and Boxes – The Three Teachings in Cheng Xuanying’s Early Tang Commentary to the Laozi and Some Reflections on our Scholarly Explorations of the Three Teachings
- IV. Miscellaneous
- Die Bildung abstrakter Begriffe in archaischen chinesischen Schriften: Humboldt’sche Perspektiven
- Chinesische Sprache und Schrift in philosophischer und kulturübergreifender Sicht—ein Vorlesungsplan
- Bio-Bibliography
- Name Index
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial Preface
- Preface
- I. Teaching Daoist Philosophy
- Experiences of Learning, Teaching, and Investigating Chinese Philosophy in Europe
- Zhuangzi as Educator: Spectatorial Engagement and Transcultural Understanding for Global Citizenship
- Teaching Chinese Philosophy Outside the Philosophy Classroom: Reflections on Contents, Methods, and Prospects
- From “Being and Time” to “Dao and Time”
- II. Teaching Confucian Philosophy
- How to Interpret Chinese Philosophy to the West—My Experience of Teaching Chinese Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin
- Teaching through Sublation: Political and Philosophical Confucianism
- Engaging with Li 禮 in the European Philosophy Classroom
- A Few Reflections from Central Europe on Teaching Chinese Philosophy
- Teaching Chinese Philosophy: From a “Skill-Based” to a “Thinking Through Early Chinese Philosophy” Approach
- The Teaching of “Chinese Philosophy” in Sinology Studies
- Look Back in Anger? Chinese Philosophy at Ruhr University Bochum
- III. Teaching Chinese Buddhist Philosophy
- Buddhism as Philosophy: Exercise in Observing Observation: The Nonduality of Paradoxical and Representational Thinking in Chinese Buddhism
- Ideas, Labels, and Boxes – The Three Teachings in Cheng Xuanying’s Early Tang Commentary to the Laozi and Some Reflections on our Scholarly Explorations of the Three Teachings
- IV. Miscellaneous
- Die Bildung abstrakter Begriffe in archaischen chinesischen Schriften: Humboldt’sche Perspektiven
- Chinesische Sprache und Schrift in philosophischer und kulturübergreifender Sicht—ein Vorlesungsplan
- Bio-Bibliography
- Name Index
