Eske Møllgaard
Biographic Data
| ID | 829639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eske Møllgaard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eske |
| FAMILY NAME | Møllgaard |
| SIGNATURE | MØLLGAARD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sage-Knowledge and Equality in the Zhuangzi
147 Sage-Knowledge and Equality in the Zhuangzi ESKE J. MØ LLGAARD The Zhuangzi has many dimensions, and it can be read in many ways. In the following I try to sound its philosophical depths. But here we immediately face an impasse. Philosophy is a Greek invention, and in its specificity foreign to the Zhuangzi. And yet it seems unreasonable to deny philosophical depth to the Zhuangzi. This impasse has been the source of interminable discussion. …
Confucian ritual and modern civility
The Confucian notion of civility has for thousands of years guided all aspects of socio-ethical life in East Asia. Confucians express their central concern for civility in their notion of li, which is commonly translated ritual and refers to the conventions and courtesies through which we submit to the socio-ethical order, as we do, for example, in performing sacrifices, weddings, and funerals, and various daily acts of deference. Since the rise …
Confucianism as Anthropological Machine
Confucianism is a kind of humanism. Confucian humanism presupposes, however, a divisive act that separates human and nonhuman. This paper shows that the split between the human and the nonhuman is central to Mencius’ moral psychology, and it argues that Confucianism is an anthropological machine in the sense of the term used by Giorgio Agamben. I consider the main points of early Daoist critique of Confucian humanism. A comparative analysis of He…
Slavoj žižek's critique of western buddhism
Slavoj Žižek's incisive critique of western Buddhism raises the following questions: Is western Buddhism the paradigmatic ideology of late capitalism? Is Buddhism nihilistic absorption in nothingness? Does Buddhism negate the Real together with the imaginary? Is Buddhist metaphysics violent? The essay considers these questions and asks if western Buddhism, contrary to what Žižek argues, may become an antidote to the nihilism that pervades late ca…
An Introduction to Daoist Thought: Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi
This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangzi’s thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi, a book in thirty-three chapters that is the most important collection of Daoist texts in early China. The author introduces a complex reading that shows the unity of Zhuangzi’s thought, in particular in his views of action, language, and ethics. By addressing methodological questions that arise in reading Zhuan…
Dialogue and Impromptu Words
Western philosophy and Chinese wisdom seem incommensurable: one employs dialogue the other impromptu words. It seems as if the very notion of universality is tied to the Western notion of dialogue, and that dialogue between the two cultures necessarily will be on Western terms and put Chinese thought in a subaltern position. I show, on the contrary, that it is possible to develop a non-dialogical notion of universality based on Zhuangzi's impromp…
Zhuangzi's notion of transcendental life
In the post-metaphysical climate of the modern Western academy, Chinese thought is often seen as a happy pragmatism free from transcendental pretense. The article shows, on the contrary, that the early Daoist thinker Zhuangzi had not only one but at least two distinct notions of transcendence. The focus is on Zhuangzi's notion of transcendental life, or the life of Heaven as opposed to the life of man. Based on the explication of Zhuangzi's notio…
Zhuangzi's Religious Ethics
Journal Article Zhuangzi's Religious Ethics Get access Eske Møllgaard Eske Møllgaard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 71, Issue 2, June 2003, Pages 347–370, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar/71.2.347 Published: 01 June 2003
Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture . David L. Hall , Roger T. Ames
Confucian Enlightenment
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Negation, Poetry, and Philosophy: Moments between the Feng and the Lunyu
Dialogue and Impromptu Words
Western philosophy and Chinese wisdom seem incommensurable: one employs dialogue the other impromptu words. It seems as if the very notion of universality is tied to the Western notion of dialogue, and that dialogue between the two cultures necessarily will be on Western terms and put Chinese thought in a subaltern position. I show, on the contrary, that it is possible to develop a non-dialogical notion of universality based on Zhuangzi's impromp…
Zhuangzi's Religious Ethics
Journal Article Zhuangzi's Religious Ethics Get access Eske Møllgaard Eske Møllgaard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 71, Issue 2, June 2003, Pages 347–370, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar/71.2.347 Published: 01 June 2003
Negation, Poetry, and Philosophy: Moments between the Feng and the Lunyu
Confucian Enlightenment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Anticipating China: Thinking Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture . David L. Hall , Roger T. Ames
Zhuangzi's Religious Ethics
Journal Article Zhuangzi's Religious Ethics Get access Eske Møllgaard Eske Møllgaard Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 71, Issue 2, June 2003, Pages 347–370, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar/71.2.347 Published: 01 June 2003
Zhuangzi's notion of transcendental life
In the post-metaphysical climate of the modern Western academy, Chinese thought is often seen as a happy pragmatism free from transcendental pretense. The article shows, on the contrary, that the early Daoist thinker Zhuangzi had not only one but at least two distinct notions of transcendence. The focus is on Zhuangzi's notion of transcendental life, or the life of Heaven as opposed to the life of man. Based on the explication of Zhuangzi's notio…
Dialogue and Impromptu Words
Western philosophy and Chinese wisdom seem incommensurable: one employs dialogue the other impromptu words. It seems as if the very notion of universality is tied to the Western notion of dialogue, and that dialogue between the two cultures necessarily will be on Western terms and put Chinese thought in a subaltern position. I show, on the contrary, that it is possible to develop a non-dialogical notion of universality based on Zhuangzi's impromp…
An Introduction to Daoist Thought: Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi
This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangzi’s thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi, a book in thirty-three chapters that is the most important collection of Daoist texts in early China. The author introduces a complex reading that shows the unity of Zhuangzi’s thought, in particular in his views of action, language, and ethics. By addressing methodological questions that arise in reading Zhuan…
Slavoj žižek's critique of western buddhism
Slavoj Žižek's incisive critique of western Buddhism raises the following questions: Is western Buddhism the paradigmatic ideology of late capitalism? Is Buddhism nihilistic absorption in nothingness? Does Buddhism negate the Real together with the imaginary? Is Buddhist metaphysics violent? The essay considers these questions and asks if western Buddhism, contrary to what Žižek argues, may become an antidote to the nihilism that pervades late ca…
Confucianism as Anthropological Machine
Confucianism is a kind of humanism. Confucian humanism presupposes, however, a divisive act that separates human and nonhuman. This paper shows that the split between the human and the nonhuman is central to Mencius’ moral psychology, and it argues that Confucianism is an anthropological machine in the sense of the term used by Giorgio Agamben. I consider the main points of early Daoist critique of Confucian humanism. A comparative analysis of He…
Confucian ritual and modern civility
The Confucian notion of civility has for thousands of years guided all aspects of socio-ethical life in East Asia. Confucians express their central concern for civility in their notion of li, which is commonly translated ritual and refers to the conventions and courtesies through which we submit to the socio-ethical order, as we do, for example, in performing sacrifices, weddings, and funerals, and various daily acts of deference. Since the rise …
Sage-Knowledge and Equality in the Zhuangzi
147 Sage-Knowledge and Equality in the Zhuangzi ESKE J. MØ LLGAARD The Zhuangzi has many dimensions, and it can be read in many ways. In the following I try to sound its philosophical depths. But here we immediately face an impasse. Philosophy is a Greek invention, and in its specificity foreign to the Zhuangzi. And yet it seems unreasonable to deny philosophical depth to the Zhuangzi. This impasse has been the source of interminable discussion. …
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