The Philosophy of the Daodejing

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 184 pages

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Imprint:Columbia University Press

ISBN:9780231136792

Published:2 May 2006

Weight:232g

Dimensions:209 x 143 x 11 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

千百年来，中国哲学经典《道德经》始终令东西方读者感到痴迷与困惑。虽然它提供了一系列内含丰富的哲学见解，如强生之道、无为而治以及人与自然的关系等，但其内容与结构依然晦涩难读。

德国汉学家梅勒受网络思维启发，创立了“超文本”的阅读方式，对《道德经》八十一章进行了清晰连贯的分析，从十大主题探索了其中的重重意象，帮我们清楚地理解和欣赏老子哲学。

梅勒通过东西哲学对比，梳理了阴和阳、道和德的核心概念，还有人性、道德、欲望、宇宙、情感、时间、生死等意象，而且他总结了道家在政治和战争中的独特理念，即“战争与和平”的哲学。

For centuries, the ancient Chinese philosophical text the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) has fascinated and frustrated its readers. While it offers a wealth of rich philosophical insights concerning the cultivation of one's body and attaining one's proper place within nature and the cosmos, its teachings and structure can be enigmatic and obscure.

Hans-Georg Moeller presents a clear and coherent description and analysis of this vaguely understood Chinese classic. He explores the recurring images and ideas that shape the work and offers a variety of useful approaches to understanding and appreciating this canonical text. Moeller expounds on the core philosophical issues addressed in the Daodejing, clarifying such crucial concepts as Yin and Yang and Dao and De. He explains its teachings on a variety of subjects, including sexuality, ethics, desire, cosmology, human nature, the emotions, time, death, and the death penalty. The Daodejing also offers a distinctive ideal of social order and political leadership and presents a philosophy of war and peace.

An illuminating exploration, The Daodejing is an interesting foil to the philosophical outlook of Western humanism and contains surprising parallels between its teachings and nontraditional contemporary philosophies.

编辑推荐

1.超文本解读，在互联网时代读《道德经》的新尝试。借用网络思维，助我们欣赏和理解道家哲学。

2.十大主题，涵盖道德经哲学意象的方方面面。包括阴阳、道德等关键概念，还有人性、道德、欲望、宇宙、情感、时间、生死、战争与和平等内容。

3.既是汉学家比较东西方哲学的重要成果，也是道家哲学的通俗导读。作者师承波恩学派汉学家陶德文，在他们眼中，东方的道家哲学与西方几千年哲学、人文主义传统有何相似与不同？

4.东方哲学思维，正以独特的魅力征服西方学界。随着中国在21世纪的复兴，在哲学上解读道德经和其他中国经典，也要抛弃西方话语，以它们本身语汇来解读。

5.站在德国人角度反思战争，作者领悟到道家2500年前总结的“战争与和平的哲学”。

6.《道德经》不仅包含宇宙生成的奥秘，还弥补了现代政治、企业管理的不足，帮助我们重新找到个人与自然和谐相处之道！ 

作者简介

汉斯-格奥尔格·梅勒，1964年生于德国，汉学家，师从波恩学派大师陶德文（罗尔夫·特劳策特尔），研究领域为中国哲学和比较哲学，曾任教于加拿大克鲁克大学哲学系，后任爱尔兰国立科克大学哲学系教授，著有《马王堆汉墓帛书〈老子〉》《道德之愚》。

Hans-Georg Moeller is associate professor of philosophy at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. He is the author of three other books on Daoism, including Daoism Explained: From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory.