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Hiding the World in the World by Scott Cook

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Presents wide-ranging and up-to-date interpretations of the Zhuangzi, the Daoist classic and one of the most elusive works ever written.

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Hiding the World in the World by Scott Cook

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.

Scott Cook is Associate Professor of Chinese at Grinnell College.

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ISBN 13 9780791458662
ISBN 10 0791458660
Title Hiding the World in the World
Author Scott Cook
Series Suny Series In Chinese Philosophy And Culture
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher State University of New York Press
Year published 2003-09-25
Number of pages 327
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