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This open access book sheds light on the term gongsheng/kyōsei, which is used in Chinese and Japanese to not only translate “symbiosis” in biology but also broadly deployed in philosophical, social and political contexts. It is a cross-contextual attempt to study the foundation of gongsheng/kyōsei as a philosophy of co-becoming, with exploration of its significance for thinking about the planetary challenges of our times.

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Author:   Bing Song ,  Yiwen Zhan
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9789819973248

ISBN 10:   9819973244
Pages:   269
Publication Date:   22 January 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors Part I: Introduction 1.       What Intellectual Shift Do We Need in a Time of Planetary Risks? Inspirations from Symbiosis in Life Sciences and the Notion of Gongsheng/Kyōsei Bing Song 2.      The Re-engineering of Gongsheng: On the Methodology of this Volume and its Philosophical Implications Yiwen Zhan Part II: Gongsheng/Kyōsei in Classical Philosophies 3.    Introduction on the Ethical “Doctrine of Gongsheng” based on Song-Ming Confucianism’s “Unity of Consummate Persons and Things” Genyou Wu  4.      The Concept of Gongsheng in Daoist Philosophy: Examples from Laozi and Zhuangzi Jun Gong  5.      “If Humans are Free of Disease, then Tian is Free of Disease” – Ecological Civilization and the Daoist Concept of Gongsheng Xia Chen  6.      Co-dependent Origination and the Doctrine of Gongsheng: A Buddhist Perspective on The Harmony of Humanity, Nature, and Civilizations Jun Gong  7.      The Gap of Wen and the Edge of Chaos: From the Conundrum of Kyōsei to the “Cosmic Hope” Tsuyoshi Ishii Part III: Gongsheng in Contemporary Contexts 8.      How to Understand Symbiosis? – The Conflict and Integration of Two Pictures of Life Shijian Yang  9.      The Microbiome is Redefining What it Means to be Human Liping Zhao 10.  Gongsheng in Ecological Anthropology Weijia Zhou, Jun He 11.  Yaoshi Tongyuan: The Symbiotic Practice in Traditional Medicines Lili Lai, Judith Farquhar  12.  The Gongsheng School of International Relations: China's Experience Xiao Ren   Part IV: Resonance 13.  Origins and Theoretical Foundations of Convivialism Alain Caillé  14.  Ontology, Conviviality and Symbiosis or: Are there Gifts of Nature? Frank Adloff   Index

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Bing Song is a Senior Vice President of the Berggruen Institute and Director of the Institute’s China Center. She has been leading projects under the research theme of Frontier Science & Technology and East Asian Philosophies and edited Intelligence and Wisdom: Artificial Intelligence Meets Chinese Philosophers (CITIC Press 2020, Springer 2021).   Yiwen Zhan is Lecturer at Beijing Normal University. He mainly works in metaphysics and epistemology. Recently, he is interested in exploring the question-sensitive structures in epistemology, decision theory, and how it might affect our understanding of modality and existence.

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