On Chinese Body Thinking: A Cultural Hermeneutic

by Kuang-Ming Wu and Wu

This book uses Western philosophical tradition to make a case for a form of thinking properly associated with ancient China. The book's thesis is that Chinese thinking is concrete rather than formal and abstract, and this is gathered in a variety of ways under the symbol "body thinking". The root of the metaphor is that the human body has a kind of intelligence in its most basic functions. When hungry the body gets food and eats, when tired it sleeps,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004101500
• ISBN13: 9789004101500
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.7"