A painting you can eat: A dialogue between Dōgen and postmodern thinkers on nature and ecology
Ecology is a major international issue of the present moment because the earth is threatened by forces beyond our control that have potential devastating consequences. This essay looks at the problem through the eyes of the Zen master Dðgen and selected postmodern philosophers. The difference betwee...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Asian philosophy
Anno: 2025, Volume: 35, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 45-57 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
postmodern thinkers
B nature and ecology B Dðgen |
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| Riepilogo: | Ecology is a major international issue of the present moment because the earth is threatened by forces beyond our control that have potential devastating consequences. This essay looks at the problem through the eyes of the Zen master Dðgen and selected postmodern philosophers. The difference between them is evident by Dðgen’s planful statement about eating a painting of a rice cake. Postmodernists perceives nature as a social construct connected to a representational mode of thinking that conflicts with the postmodern emphasis on difference, simulation, planes without depth and lack of unity. These postmodern tendencies of thinking are contrary to the philosophy of Dðgen, whose image of a painting of a rice cake can satisfy intellectual hunger and serves as a serious way to save the ecological system and overcome the representational mode of thinking. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2961 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2024.2375875 |
