Title
Liberation As Affirmation: The Religiosity of Zhuangzi And Nietzsche
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Description
In this book, author Ge Ling Shang provides a systematic comparison of original texts by Zhuangzi (fourth century BCE) and Nietzsche (1846–1900), under the rubric of religiosity, to challenge those who have customarily relegated both thinkers to relativism, nihilism, escapism, pessimism, or anti-religion. Shang closely examines Zhuangzi’s and Nietzsche’s respective critiques of metaphysics, morals, language, knowledge, and humanity in general and proposes a conception of the philosophical outlooks of Zhuangzi and Nietzsche as complementary. In the creative and vital spirit of Nietzsche, as in the tranquil and inward spirit of Zhuangzi, Shang argues that a surprisingly similar vision and aspiration toward human liberation and freedom exists—one in which spiritual transformation is possible by religiously affirming life in this world as sacred and divine.
ISBN
978-0791466674
Publication Date
2006
Publisher
State University of New York Press
City
Albany, NY
ScholarWorks Citation
Shang, Geling, "Liberation As Affirmation: The Religiosity of Zhuangzi And Nietzsche" (2006). Books. 3.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/philosophy_books/3
