Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness

by David Chai

Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness offers a radical rereading of the Daoist classic Zhuangzi by bringing to light the role of nothingness in grounding the cosmological and metaphysical aspects of its thought. Through a careful analysis of the text and its appended commentaries, David Chai reveals not only how nothingness physically enriches the myriad things of the world, but also why the Zhuangzi prefers nothingness over...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438472684
• ISBN13: 9781438472683
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"