Téa Sernelj
Biographic Data
| ID | 5187792 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Téa Sernelj |
| GIVEN NAMES | Téa |
| FAMILY NAME | Sernelj |
| SIGNATURE | SERNELJ T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3677-7810 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Free Subjectivity and the Conception of the Human Self in Neo-Confucian and Modern Confucian Metaphysics
This article examines the conception of the free human subject within Neo-Confucian and Modern Confucian metaphysics, arguing that human subjectivity is always situated within a morally and cosmically structured reality. In this framework, the self is never isolated but instead embedded in the structural interconnectedness of li, and freedom is realized through moral self-cultivation and active engagement with the world. Autonomy is not understo…
Free Subjectivity in East Asian Past and Present
The present special issue of the journal Asian Studies explores the notion of free subjectivity in East Asia, examining its philosophical foundations, historical transformations, and contemporary implications. Rather than approaching subjectivity merely through the familiar narrative of Western modernity, the contributions collected in this volume demonstrate that reflections on the autonomy, agency, and moral capacity of the human subject have…
The Beauty of Emptiness—The Foundational Root of Chinese Aesthetics
The article explores how the concept of “emptiness” (xu 虛) emerged as the defining aesthetic principle in the tradition of Chinese “literati painting” (wenrenhua 文人畫). Far from denoting absence or nothingness in the strict sense of the word, xu represents a dynamic and generative force—an underlying condition through which artistic form, meaning, and spiritual insight arise. Tracing its development from the Wei-Jin period (220–589 CE) onwards, th…
In Defence of Subjectivity and Autonomy
The article explores the aesthetic theory of Shitao, an early Qing dynasty painter who belonged to the Individualist school of painting which advocated painting from subjective experience of life and learning from the Dao, thus following the aesthetic tradition of literati landscape painters. Shitao composed his own theory of painting and aesthetics in the work The Remarks on Painting (Huayulu 畫語錄), which was the result of his artistic practice a…
The Rise of Individual Personhood in Early Medieval China
The term “Early Medieval China” usually refers to the Wei Jin period, also known as the Wei Jin Southern and Northern dynasties (Wei Jin Nanbei chao 魏晉南北朝). This era was characterized by extreme sociopolitical circumstances, marked by constant instability, upheavals, wars, corruption, intrigues, external invasions and the exhaustion of the population. These conditions led to significant and unprecedented social and intellectual transformations th…
Xu Fuguan’s Methodology for Interpreting Chinese Intellectual History
The article examines the research methodology of Chinese intellectual history developed by the Modern Confucian Xu Fuguan 徐復觀 (1904–1982). His novel methodological approach differed significantly from the methodology advocated by Fu Sinian 傅斯年 (1896–1950), the founder of the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica in 1928, who advocated a rigorous adoption of Western scientific methodology in historical research, based exclusively o…
Anxiety, “Concerned Consciousness” and Their Manifestation in the Covid-19 Pandemic in China
The article examines the specifics of the Chinese containment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic and their social consequences at the beginning of 2021. The author analyses empirical psychological research results on distress and anxiety of people in times of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and explores to what degree the individual feelings of anxiety in contemporary China are conditioned by the traditionally prevailing absence …
Humaneness and Family Values in Transcultural Perspective
The topical processes of modern identity-making within Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on the one hand, and China on the other, are fundamentally results of different forms of cultural and economic transformation, conflict and harmonious social adjustment. The aim of the present article is to show the need to appreciate the role of culture not only as a background to, but also as a constitutive part of, economic dynamics. Thus, it assumes that a…
The Problem of the Authenticity of the Aesthetic Concept qiyun shengdong
The article explores Xu Fuguan’s analysis and interpretation of the concept of qiyun shengdong 氣韻生動, which is considered to be one of the most important, fundamental and complex concepts in Chinese aesthetics and art. It was created by Xie He in the Wei Jin period (220–420 AD), which is marked as a turning point in the development of Chinese aesthetics. The complexity of the concept of qiyun shengdong is reflected in literary works, painting, cal…
Modernization of Beauty in China
The article explores the socio-political and historical development of the great debate on aesthetics and the aesthetic fever in China during the 20th century. It introduces the main figures of the aesthetic movement and their aesthetic theories. It introduces the period of appropriation of the aesthetic debates to Marxist ideology that prevailed in China after 1949 and lasted until the end of 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s represent a shift in the C…
Different Approaches to Chinese Aesthetics
The article introduces Fang Dongmei’s and Xu Fuguan’s ideas about aesthetics and examines their different methodological approaches. Fang Dongmei and Xu Fuguan are both representatives of the second generation of Modern Taiwanese Confucianism. The fundamental goal of this significant movement is to re-evaluate and re-examine the profound contents of Chinese thought in contemporary socio-political conditions through a dialogue with Western philoso…
Different Approaches to Modern Art and Society
Proceeding from the inseparable relation between ethics and aesthetics in traditional (and often also modern) Chinese thought, this article aims to illuminate two important approaches to the aesthetic foundations of Chinese modernity. The relation between the individual and society, which is a core question of modern ethics, is reflected in most of the ethical theories of 20th century China. In this context, the article first presents Li Zehou’s …
Modern Confucian Objection against Communism in China
The article investigates the political views of one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called second generation of Modern Confucianism, Xu Fuguan. It reveals his unique position within this intellectual movement. Even though all other adherents of Modern Confucianism were focused upon metaphysics and ontology rather than political theory, Xu believed that these lines of thought could not contribute enough to solving the various urgen…
Medkulturni pristop k Li Zehouhevi teoriji sedimentacije – primerjava z Jungovimi arhetipi
Avtorica v članku podaja kontrastivno analizo Li Zehoujevega koncepta sedimentacije in koncepta arhetipov C. G. Junga. Članek najprej podrobno predstavi koncept sedimentacije in pokaže, zakaj pri njem ne gre samo za estetski, temveč tudi za kulturno-psihološki pojem. Na osnovi tovrstne predstavitve Lijeve konceptualizacije in teoretskih osnov sedimentacije avtorica kritično primerja ta pojem z Jungovimi arhetipi. Članek nazorno prikaže, da so raz…
Metodološki problemi Xu Fuguanove primerjalne analize Zhuangzijeve estetike in zahodne fenomenologije
Članek se ukvarja s Xu Fuguanovo analizo in interpretacijo nekaterih osrednjih konceptov Zhuangzijeve filozofije, ki predstavljajo njegovo estetiko. Po Xuju se Zhuangzijeva estetika nanaša na estetski način bivanja človeka, pri čemer se lepota aplicira v sfero daota, v kateri so ljudje zmožni osvoboditi svojega duha in uživati način življenja, ki ga Zhuangzi označuje kot »svobodno in lahkotno tavanje« (xiaoyaoyou 逍遙遊). Po Xujevem mnenju je to naj…
Analiza in kritično ovrednotenje Xu Fuguanove interpretacije koncepta qiyun shengdong 气韵生动
Članek obravnava Xu Fuguanovo analizo in interpretacijo koncepta qiyun shengdong 气韵 生动, ki velja za enega od najpomembnejših, najbolj temeljnih in hkrati najtežje dojemljivih konceptov v kitajski estetiki in umetnosti. Nastal je v obdobju Wei Jin (220–420 n. št.), ki je eno od najbolj ustvarjalnih in prelomnih obdobij na področju kitajske estetike in umetnosti. Njegova kompleksnost se izraža tako v literarnih delih, slikarstvu, kaligrafiji in gla…
Jana S. ROŠKER
She is an expert in Chinese epistemology, mostly dealing with the fields of Chinese logic and epistemology. In her new book, however, she devoted her research to a topic, linked to modern Chinese, especially Taiwanese philosophy. In this book, she introduces, analyses and interprets the crucial works of the so-called second generation of the Contemporary New Confucian movement, which she prefers to denote as Modern Confucian stream of thought, in…
The Unity of Body and Mind in Xu Fuguan’s Theory
The present article deals with the philosophical theory and epistemological methodology of the Modern Confucian Xu Fuguan (1903–1982), a significant Taiwanese philosopher of the 20th century whose theoretical contributions are in the center of academic interests in China and Taiwan, though almost completely unexplored in the West. The article’s main focus is on Xu’s interpretation of the concepts of bodily recognition and the creative potential q…
Huang Chun-chieh
Book Review
Idejne osnove in zgodovinske transformacije koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji
The article presents the philosophical foundation and historical transformations of the gender concept in Chinese tradition. Based on analyses of the pre-Qin and later conceptions of gender and of the differences in evaluation of female and male social roles, it concludes that this concept was a relatively egalitarian one in ancient society, for it was based upon a complementary relation between both genders and manifested itself in the classical…
Xu Fuguan’s Concept of Anxiety and Its Connection to Religious Studies
Although Xu Fuguan (1903–1982) belongs to the most important representatives of the Modern Confucian intellectual movement, he is rather unknown outside China. However, his concept of “anxiety” (youhuan yishi 憂患意識) is not only relevant for the recognition of the special characteristics, which determines the ideological and political structure of ancient Chinese society, but also for the intercultural elaboration of Jaspers’s “axial age” theory. T…
Idejne osnove in zgodovinske transformacije koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji
The article presents the philosophical foundation and historical transformations of the gender concept in Chinese tradition. Based on analyses of the pre-Qin and later conceptions of gender and of the differences in evaluation of female and male social roles, it concludes that this concept was a relatively egalitarian one in ancient society, for it was based upon a complementary relation between both genders and manifested itself in the classical…
Xu Fuguan’s Concept of Anxiety and Its Connection to Religious Studies
Although Xu Fuguan (1903–1982) belongs to the most important representatives of the Modern Confucian intellectual movement, he is rather unknown outside China. However, his concept of “anxiety” (youhuan yishi 憂患意識) is not only relevant for the recognition of the special characteristics, which determines the ideological and political structure of ancient Chinese society, but also for the intercultural elaboration of Jaspers’s “axial age” theory. T…
Idejne osnove in zgodovinske transformacije koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji
Članek predstavi idejno osnovo in zgodovinske spremembe koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji. Na osnovi analize predqinskih in kasnejših pojmovanj spola in razlik v vrednotenju ženske in moške družbene vloge avtorica ugotavlja, da je bil ta koncept v antičnem obdobju precej egalitaren, saj je bil osnovan na komplementarnem razmerju med spoloma, ki se je odražalo v klasični definiciji binarnih konceptov yinyang in neiwai. Članek se osredotoča tudi …
Estetizacija ideologije
Obdobje, ki se je pričelo vzporedno z aktivnim odpiranjem Kitajske navzven in z ekonomsko liberalizacijo v notranjosti države, lahko označimo kot obdobje sodobne refleksije kitajske idejne tradicije in hkratne kritične evalvacije najvplivnejših struj tujih miselnosti. Le-ta se kažejo tudi na področju, kjer se snujejo zametki aktualnih ideologij. Članek poskuša v tem kontekstu osvetliti ideološko in družbeno funkcijo umetnosti in kulture. V tem ok…
Modern Confucian Objection against Communism in China
The article investigates the political views of one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called second generation of Modern Confucianism, Xu Fuguan. It reveals his unique position within this intellectual movement. Even though all other adherents of Modern Confucianism were focused upon metaphysics and ontology rather than political theory, Xu believed that these lines of thought could not contribute enough to solving the various urgen…
Xu Fuguan’s Concept of Anxiety and Its Connection to Religious Studies
Although Xu Fuguan (1903–1982) belongs to the most important representatives of the Modern Confucian intellectual movement, he is rather unknown outside China. However, his concept of “anxiety” (youhuan yishi 憂患意識) is not only relevant for the recognition of the special characteristics, which determines the ideological and political structure of ancient Chinese society, but also for the intercultural elaboration of Jaspers’s “axial age” theory. T…
Analiza in kritično ovrednotenje Xu Fuguanove interpretacije koncepta qiyun shengdong 气韵生动
Članek obravnava Xu Fuguanovo analizo in interpretacijo koncepta qiyun shengdong 气韵 生动, ki velja za enega od najpomembnejših, najbolj temeljnih in hkrati najtežje dojemljivih konceptov v kitajski estetiki in umetnosti. Nastal je v obdobju Wei Jin (220–420 n. št.), ki je eno od najbolj ustvarjalnih in prelomnih obdobij na področju kitajske estetike in umetnosti. Njegova kompleksnost se izraža tako v literarnih delih, slikarstvu, kaligrafiji in gla…
Anxiety, “Concerned Consciousness” and Their Manifestation in the Covid-19 Pandemic in China
The article examines the specifics of the Chinese containment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic and their social consequences at the beginning of 2021. The author analyses empirical psychological research results on distress and anxiety of people in times of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and explores to what degree the individual feelings of anxiety in contemporary China are conditioned by the traditionally prevailing absence …
Different Approaches to Modern Art and Society
Proceeding from the inseparable relation between ethics and aesthetics in traditional (and often also modern) Chinese thought, this article aims to illuminate two important approaches to the aesthetic foundations of Chinese modernity. The relation between the individual and society, which is a core question of modern ethics, is reflected in most of the ethical theories of 20th century China. In this context, the article first presents Li Zehou’s …
The Unity of Body and Mind in Xu Fuguan’s Theory
The present article deals with the philosophical theory and epistemological methodology of the Modern Confucian Xu Fuguan (1903–1982), a significant Taiwanese philosopher of the 20th century whose theoretical contributions are in the center of academic interests in China and Taiwan, though almost completely unexplored in the West. The article’s main focus is on Xu’s interpretation of the concepts of bodily recognition and the creative potential q…
Estetizacija ideologije
Obdobje, ki se je pričelo vzporedno z aktivnim odpiranjem Kitajske navzven in z ekonomsko liberalizacijo v notranjosti države, lahko označimo kot obdobje sodobne refleksije kitajske idejne tradicije in hkratne kritične evalvacije najvplivnejših struj tujih miselnosti. Le-ta se kažejo tudi na področju, kjer se snujejo zametki aktualnih ideologij. Članek poskuša v tem kontekstu osvetliti ideološko in družbeno funkcijo umetnosti in kulture. V tem ok…
Idejne osnove in zgodovinske transformacije koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji
Članek predstavi idejno osnovo in zgodovinske spremembe koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji. Na osnovi analize predqinskih in kasnejših pojmovanj spola in razlik v vrednotenju ženske in moške družbene vloge avtorica ugotavlja, da je bil ta koncept v antičnem obdobju precej egalitaren, saj je bil osnovan na komplementarnem razmerju med spoloma, ki se je odražalo v klasični definiciji binarnih konceptov yinyang in neiwai. Članek se osredotoča tudi …
Idejne osnove in zgodovinske transformacije koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji
The article presents the philosophical foundation and historical transformations of the gender concept in Chinese tradition. Based on analyses of the pre-Qin and later conceptions of gender and of the differences in evaluation of female and male social roles, it concludes that this concept was a relatively egalitarian one in ancient society, for it was based upon a complementary relation between both genders and manifested itself in the classical…
Xu Fuguan’s Concept of Anxiety and Its Connection to Religious Studies
Although Xu Fuguan (1903–1982) belongs to the most important representatives of the Modern Confucian intellectual movement, he is rather unknown outside China. However, his concept of “anxiety” (youhuan yishi 憂患意識) is not only relevant for the recognition of the special characteristics, which determines the ideological and political structure of ancient Chinese society, but also for the intercultural elaboration of Jaspers’s “axial age” theory. T…
Idejne osnove in zgodovinske transformacije koncepta spola v kitajski tradiciji
The article presents the philosophical foundation and historical transformations of the gender concept in Chinese tradition. Based on analyses of the pre-Qin and later conceptions of gender and of the differences in evaluation of female and male social roles, it concludes that this concept was a relatively egalitarian one in ancient society, for it was based upon a complementary relation between both genders and manifested itself in the classical…
Xu Fuguan’s Concept of Anxiety and Its Connection to Religious Studies
Although Xu Fuguan (1903–1982) belongs to the most important representatives of the Modern Confucian intellectual movement, he is rather unknown outside China. However, his concept of “anxiety” (youhuan yishi 憂患意識) is not only relevant for the recognition of the special characteristics, which determines the ideological and political structure of ancient Chinese society, but also for the intercultural elaboration of Jaspers’s “axial age” theory. T…
The Unity of Body and Mind in Xu Fuguan’s Theory
The present article deals with the philosophical theory and epistemological methodology of the Modern Confucian Xu Fuguan (1903–1982), a significant Taiwanese philosopher of the 20th century whose theoretical contributions are in the center of academic interests in China and Taiwan, though almost completely unexplored in the West. The article’s main focus is on Xu’s interpretation of the concepts of bodily recognition and the creative potential q…
Huang Chun-chieh
Book Review
Jana S. ROŠKER
She is an expert in Chinese epistemology, mostly dealing with the fields of Chinese logic and epistemology. In her new book, however, she devoted her research to a topic, linked to modern Chinese, especially Taiwanese philosophy. In this book, she introduces, analyses and interprets the crucial works of the so-called second generation of the Contemporary New Confucian movement, which she prefers to denote as Modern Confucian stream of thought, in…
Metodološki problemi Xu Fuguanove primerjalne analize Zhuangzijeve estetike in zahodne fenomenologije
Članek se ukvarja s Xu Fuguanovo analizo in interpretacijo nekaterih osrednjih konceptov Zhuangzijeve filozofije, ki predstavljajo njegovo estetiko. Po Xuju se Zhuangzijeva estetika nanaša na estetski način bivanja človeka, pri čemer se lepota aplicira v sfero daota, v kateri so ljudje zmožni osvoboditi svojega duha in uživati način življenja, ki ga Zhuangzi označuje kot »svobodno in lahkotno tavanje« (xiaoyaoyou 逍遙遊). Po Xujevem mnenju je to naj…
Analiza in kritično ovrednotenje Xu Fuguanove interpretacije koncepta qiyun shengdong 气韵生动
Članek obravnava Xu Fuguanovo analizo in interpretacijo koncepta qiyun shengdong 气韵 生动, ki velja za enega od najpomembnejših, najbolj temeljnih in hkrati najtežje dojemljivih konceptov v kitajski estetiki in umetnosti. Nastal je v obdobju Wei Jin (220–420 n. št.), ki je eno od najbolj ustvarjalnih in prelomnih obdobij na področju kitajske estetike in umetnosti. Njegova kompleksnost se izraža tako v literarnih delih, slikarstvu, kaligrafiji in gla…
Medkulturni pristop k Li Zehouhevi teoriji sedimentacije – primerjava z Jungovimi arhetipi
Avtorica v članku podaja kontrastivno analizo Li Zehoujevega koncepta sedimentacije in koncepta arhetipov C. G. Junga. Članek najprej podrobno predstavi koncept sedimentacije in pokaže, zakaj pri njem ne gre samo za estetski, temveč tudi za kulturno-psihološki pojem. Na osnovi tovrstne predstavitve Lijeve konceptualizacije in teoretskih osnov sedimentacije avtorica kritično primerja ta pojem z Jungovimi arhetipi. Članek nazorno prikaže, da so raz…
Modern Confucian Objection against Communism in China
The article investigates the political views of one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called second generation of Modern Confucianism, Xu Fuguan. It reveals his unique position within this intellectual movement. Even though all other adherents of Modern Confucianism were focused upon metaphysics and ontology rather than political theory, Xu believed that these lines of thought could not contribute enough to solving the various urgen…
Different Approaches to Chinese Aesthetics
The article introduces Fang Dongmei’s and Xu Fuguan’s ideas about aesthetics and examines their different methodological approaches. Fang Dongmei and Xu Fuguan are both representatives of the second generation of Modern Taiwanese Confucianism. The fundamental goal of this significant movement is to re-evaluate and re-examine the profound contents of Chinese thought in contemporary socio-political conditions through a dialogue with Western philoso…
Different Approaches to Modern Art and Society
Proceeding from the inseparable relation between ethics and aesthetics in traditional (and often also modern) Chinese thought, this article aims to illuminate two important approaches to the aesthetic foundations of Chinese modernity. The relation between the individual and society, which is a core question of modern ethics, is reflected in most of the ethical theories of 20th century China. In this context, the article first presents Li Zehou’s …
The Problem of the Authenticity of the Aesthetic Concept qiyun shengdong
The article explores Xu Fuguan’s analysis and interpretation of the concept of qiyun shengdong 氣韻生動, which is considered to be one of the most important, fundamental and complex concepts in Chinese aesthetics and art. It was created by Xie He in the Wei Jin period (220–420 AD), which is marked as a turning point in the development of Chinese aesthetics. The complexity of the concept of qiyun shengdong is reflected in literary works, painting, cal…
Modernization of Beauty in China
The article explores the socio-political and historical development of the great debate on aesthetics and the aesthetic fever in China during the 20th century. It introduces the main figures of the aesthetic movement and their aesthetic theories. It introduces the period of appropriation of the aesthetic debates to Marxist ideology that prevailed in China after 1949 and lasted until the end of 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s represent a shift in the C…
Anxiety, “Concerned Consciousness” and Their Manifestation in the Covid-19 Pandemic in China
The article examines the specifics of the Chinese containment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic and their social consequences at the beginning of 2021. The author analyses empirical psychological research results on distress and anxiety of people in times of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and explores to what degree the individual feelings of anxiety in contemporary China are conditioned by the traditionally prevailing absence …
Humaneness and Family Values in Transcultural Perspective
The topical processes of modern identity-making within Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on the one hand, and China on the other, are fundamentally results of different forms of cultural and economic transformation, conflict and harmonious social adjustment. The aim of the present article is to show the need to appreciate the role of culture not only as a background to, but also as a constitutive part of, economic dynamics. Thus, it assumes that a…
Xu Fuguan’s Methodology for Interpreting Chinese Intellectual History
The article examines the research methodology of Chinese intellectual history developed by the Modern Confucian Xu Fuguan 徐復觀 (1904–1982). His novel methodological approach differed significantly from the methodology advocated by Fu Sinian 傅斯年 (1896–1950), the founder of the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica in 1928, who advocated a rigorous adoption of Western scientific methodology in historical research, based exclusively o…
In Defence of Subjectivity and Autonomy
The article explores the aesthetic theory of Shitao, an early Qing dynasty painter who belonged to the Individualist school of painting which advocated painting from subjective experience of life and learning from the Dao, thus following the aesthetic tradition of literati landscape painters. Shitao composed his own theory of painting and aesthetics in the work The Remarks on Painting (Huayulu 畫語錄), which was the result of his artistic practice a…
The Rise of Individual Personhood in Early Medieval China
The term “Early Medieval China” usually refers to the Wei Jin period, also known as the Wei Jin Southern and Northern dynasties (Wei Jin Nanbei chao 魏晉南北朝). This era was characterized by extreme sociopolitical circumstances, marked by constant instability, upheavals, wars, corruption, intrigues, external invasions and the exhaustion of the population. These conditions led to significant and unprecedented social and intellectual transformations th…
The Beauty of Emptiness—The Foundational Root of Chinese Aesthetics
The article explores how the concept of “emptiness” (xu 虛) emerged as the defining aesthetic principle in the tradition of Chinese “literati painting” (wenrenhua 文人畫). Far from denoting absence or nothingness in the strict sense of the word, xu represents a dynamic and generative force—an underlying condition through which artistic form, meaning, and spiritual insight arise. Tracing its development from the Wei-Jin period (220–589 CE) onwards, th…
Free Subjectivity and the Conception of the Human Self in Neo-Confucian and Modern Confucian Metaphysics
This article examines the conception of the free human subject within Neo-Confucian and Modern Confucian metaphysics, arguing that human subjectivity is always situated within a morally and cosmically structured reality. In this framework, the self is never isolated but instead embedded in the structural interconnectedness of li, and freedom is realized through moral self-cultivation and active engagement with the world. Autonomy is not understo…
Free Subjectivity in East Asian Past and Present
The present special issue of the journal Asian Studies explores the notion of free subjectivity in East Asia, examining its philosophical foundations, historical transformations, and contemporary implications. Rather than approaching subjectivity merely through the familiar narrative of Western modernity, the contributions collected in this volume demonstrate that reflections on the autonomy, agency, and moral capacity of the human subject have…
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