The Philosophy of the Daodejing

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 184 pages

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Imprint:Columbia University Press

ISBN:9780231136792

Published:2 May 2006

Weight:232g

Dimensions:209 x 143 x 11 (mm)

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書籍簡介

千百年來，中國哲學經典《道德經》始終令東西方讀者感到痴迷與困惑。雖然它提供了一系列內含豐富的哲學見解，如強生之道、無為而治以及人與自然的關係等，但其內容與結構依然晦澀難讀。

德國漢學家梅勒受網絡思維啟發，創立了“超文本”的閲讀方式，對《道德經》八十一章進行了清晰連貫的分析，從十大主題探索了其中的重重意象，幫我們清楚地理解和欣賞老子哲學。

梅勒通過東西哲學對比，梳理了陰和陽、道和德的核心概念，還有人性、道德、慾望、宇宙、情感、時間、生死等意象，而且他總結了道家在政治和戰爭中的獨特理念，即“戰爭與和平”的哲學。

For centuries, the ancient Chinese philosophical text the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) has fascinated and frustrated its readers. While it offers a wealth of rich philosophical insights concerning the cultivation of one's body and attaining one's proper place within nature and the cosmos, its teachings and structure can be enigmatic and obscure.

Hans-Georg Moeller presents a clear and coherent de*ion and analysis of this vaguely understood Chinese classic. He explores the recurring images and ideas that shape the work and offers a variety of useful approaches to understanding and appreciating this canonical text. Moeller expounds on the core philosophical issues addressed in the Daodejing, clarifying such crucial concepts as Yin and Yang and Dao and De. He explains its teachings on a variety of subjects, including sexuality, ethics, desire, cosmology, human nature, the emotions, time, death, and the death penalty. The Daodejing also offers a distinctive ideal of social order and political leadership and presents a philosophy of war and peace.

An illuminating exploration, The Daodejing is an interesting foil to the philosophical outlook of Western humanism and contains surprising parallels between its teachings and nontraditional contemporary philosophies.

編輯推薦

1.超文本解讀，在互聯網時代讀《道德經》的新嘗試。借用網絡思維，助我們欣賞和理解道家哲學。

2.十大主題，涵蓋道德經哲學意象的方方面面。包括陰陽、道德等關鍵概念，還有人性、道德、慾望、宇宙、情感、時間、生死、戰爭與和平等內容。

3.既是漢學家比較東西方哲學的重要成果，也是道家哲學的通俗導讀。作者師承波恩學派漢學家陶德文，在他們眼中，東方的道家哲學與西方几千年哲學、人文主義傳統有何相似與不同？

4.東方哲學思維，正以獨特的魅力征服西方學界。隨着中國在21世紀的復興，在哲學上解讀道德經和其他中國經典，也要拋棄西方話語，以它們本身語彙來解讀。

5.站在德國人角度反思戰爭，作者領悟到道家2500年前總結的“戰爭與和平的哲學”。

6.《道德經》不僅包含宇宙生成的奧祕，還彌補了現代政治、企業管理的不足，幫助我們重新找到個人與自然和諧相處之道！ 

作者簡介

漢斯-格奧爾格·梅勒，1964年生於德國，漢學家，師從波恩學派大師陶德文（羅爾夫·特勞策特爾），研究領域為中國哲學和比較哲學，曾任教於加拿大克魯克大學哲學系，後任愛爾蘭國立科克大學哲學系教授，著有《馬王堆漢墓帛書〈老子〉》《道德之愚》。

Hans-Georg Moeller is associate professor of philosophy at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. He is the author of three other books on Daoism, including Daoism Explained: From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory.