Historicizing tianrenheyi as correlative cosmology for rethinking education in modern China and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8096573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Weili Zhao (0000-0002-0552-9347, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1106-1116 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2018.1517646 |
| OpenAlex | W2894402071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 19 |
The Chinese tianrenheyi thesis bespeaks a correlative cosmology irreducible to the Western metaphysics. This article historicizes tianrenheyi for new implications to help rethink the given concepts of ‘person/thing,’ ‘environment/nature,’ and ‘relationality’ in contemporary ethical and environmental education in three steps. First, it turns to Yu Ying-Shih’s writing for a historical and ethical picture of tianrenheyi as an ‘Axial breakthrough’ in Confucius' time and with direct relevance to Confucian person-making education. Second, it moves on to Roger Ames’ unpacking of tianrenheyi as hospitalized in a ‘correlative cosmology’ and ‘Confucian relational personhood’ to help us re-understand Confucian ‘person’ as being relational. Finally, it shows how these re-invoked philosophical–ethical–cosmological theses expose a ‘foundational individualism’ which grounds and confines current educational thinking to an anthropocentric (dis)ordering. As an alternative, this article calls for a productive symbiotic conjoining between humans and their cultural–natural environs toward nurturing today’s youth into ecologically literate, responsible, and responsive co-beings
Aesthetics · Anthropocentrism · China · Correlative · Cosmology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Individualism · Metaphysics · Personhood · Political science · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |