Becoming Bamboo: Western and Eastern Explorations of the Meaning of LifeMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 27.03.1992 г. - 240 страници The many problems we face in today's world -- among them war, environmental destruction, religious and racial intolerance, and inappropriate technologies -- demand that we carefully re-evaluate such issues as our relation to the environment, the nature of progress, ultimate purposes, and human values. These are all issues, Robert Carter explains, that are intimately linked to our perception of life's meaning. While many books discuss life's meaning either analytically or prescriptively, Carter addresses values and ways of meaningful living from a broader perspective, using Japanese philosophy to augment his investigation. He examines Martin Heidegger's distinction between "dwelling" and existing in the world, Lawrence Kohlberg's "stage seven" of human moral development, and the works of Viktor Frankl, Carol Gilligan, and Nel Noddings. He applies hermeneutic and deconstructionist theory to the question of meaning, and explores the feminist contribution to ethics and its relation to the interconnectedness of things celebrated in Zen and Shinto thought. Bridging various dichotomies such as East/West, reason/emotion, male/female, and caring/justice, Carter shows that ethics, environmental concern, caring, and joy in living are dependent on the growth and transformation of the self. Only by becoming aware of the interrelatedness of things, Carter reveals, can we become as supple and as strong as the bamboo tree, long the symbol of longevity and constancy. |
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... understanding of a newly conceived way of life . I would hope therefore that the book will gain a wide readership . It represents a direction in which the blend of Western and Buddhist culture can go . It is therefore part of that ...
... understanding of a newly conceived way of life . I would hope therefore that the book will gain a wide readership . It represents a direction in which the blend of Western and Buddhist culture can go . It is therefore part of that ...
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... understanding both in and out of the classroom , I offer my thanks . To Ninian Smart , of the University of Lancaster , England , and the University of Cali- fornia at Santa Barbara , who read and introduced this book , I extend my ...
... understanding both in and out of the classroom , I offer my thanks . To Ninian Smart , of the University of Lancaster , England , and the University of Cali- fornia at Santa Barbara , who read and introduced this book , I extend my ...
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... understanding , an explanatory account of how , in some general sense , things are , and we look through this philosophy - in - the - mak- ing , this broad understanding in process , in deciding 5 Introduction.
... understanding , an explanatory account of how , in some general sense , things are , and we look through this philosophy - in - the - mak- ing , this broad understanding in process , in deciding 5 Introduction.
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... understanding in process , in deciding whether one specific claim is preferable to another . If you are more empirically minded you will look for the tangible evidence , or require an experiential ground , or test the claim from within ...
... understanding in process , in deciding whether one specific claim is preferable to another . If you are more empirically minded you will look for the tangible evidence , or require an experiential ground , or test the claim from within ...
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... understanding of it unfolds before us . It is a way , a path to meaning , to the enhancement of the value - experiences of living a life and to more genuine encounters with others , as well as with nature . It is not , of course , the ...
... understanding of it unfolds before us . It is a way , a path to meaning , to the enhancement of the value - experiences of living a life and to more genuine encounters with others , as well as with nature . It is not , of course , the ...
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2 Kohlbergs Stage Seven | 44 |
3 Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy | 70 |
4 Relatedness | 97 |
5 Where Is Here? | 128 |
6 Deconstructing Meaning | 168 |
Notes | 193 |
Bibliography | 207 |
Index | 219 |
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