Hiding the World in the World

A literary and philosophical masterpiece of its age, and yet one of the most puzzling and elusive texts ever written, the Zhuangzi has been continuously reinterpreted. Here the age-old hermeneutic project of reading the Zhuangzi is brought up to the present with new essays addressing an array of interrelated topics from a variety of perspectives. These include how the work stands in relation to such issues as mystical experience, skeptical and relativist attitudes, individual value, ethical orientation, folk psychologies and popular beliefs, and rhetorical logic and structure. By providing ten uneven perspectives on such matters, this volume contributes to the ongoing discourse on Zhuangzi's philosophy by placing it within our present interpretive context and pushing that context to new limits.

Author: Scott Cook
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 09/25/2003
Pages: 327
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780791458662

About the Author
Scott Cook is Associate Professor of Chinese at Grinnell College.

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