Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Dao of CivilizationCondition: NewISBN-10: 1839984856EAN: 9781839984853ISBN: 9781839984853Publisher: Anthem PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/14/2023Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 153mmItem Width: 26mmItem Weight: 454gAuthor: Freya MathewsGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Anthem ImpactSubtitle: A Letter to ChinaDescription: The book sets out a prospectus for a new form of civilization patterned at every level to serve and sustain the biosphere. Starting with the deep philosophical flaw at the core of modernity, namely that the cosmos is devoid of ends of its own, it posits, as an alternative axis for civilization, that the cosmos indeed actively seeks its own existence, and that its self-realization is moreover internally structured via an impulse, amongst finite things, towards co-generativity. Termed ‘Dao’ in ancient China and often coded as Law in Indigenous and First Nations cultures, this innate template is here taken as a first principle for economic production in contemporary societies: basic modes of economic production must transition from antagonistic to synergistic – to a specifically biological form of synergy which involves not merely the imitation of natural systems but active collaboration with them. The fact that this first principle is so philosophically alien to the Western mind-set while yet finding strong resonances with Chinese tradition, might encourage China, as an emerging great power, to lead the world in crafting a contemporary form of civilization that is true to Dao.Topic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Dao of Civilization
Title: The Dao of Civilization
ISBN-10: 1839984856
EAN: 9781839984853
ISBN: 9781839984853
Release Date: 02/14/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Subtitle: A Letter to China
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 108 Pages
Publication Name: Dao of Civilization : a Letter to China
Language: English
Publisher: Anthem Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Taoism (See Also Philosophy / Taoist), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Physics / General
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Nature, Religion, Philosophy, Science
Author: Freya Mathews
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Anthem Impact Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
