Selfhood East and West: Selfhood East and West: De-Constructions of Identity

Hans-Georg Möller ist Professor an der Brock University, St. Catharines, Kanada

Selected Papers from the 18th Symposium of the Académie du Midi:Identity-East and West, Alet-les-Bains, France, 2010

Hans-Georg MöllerIntroductionI. ChinaDeborah SommerThe Ji Self in Early Chinese TextsRichard John LynnConcepts of Self and Identity in the Zhuangzi:New Translations of Key PassagesPaul D'AmbrosioThe Role of a Pretending Tree:Hermits, Social Constructs, and the 'Self' in the ZhuangziHans-Rudolf KantorIdentity and Transformation in the Chinese Mahayana TraditionsII. EuropeS.J. McGrathThe Dissociated SelfBrendan Moran'Weltperson' in Salomo Friedlaender's Schöpferische IndifferenzIII. Comparative Case StudiesJason DockstaderMonism in Spinoza and DaoismHans Skott-MyhreWho Are We to Become If We Are Not This:Spinoza's Substance and the Dao of Deleuze's DesireAndrew WhiteheadEquating Unequal ThingsKarl-Heinz PohlWho is Who? Zhuangzi and the Dead Man in Lu Xun's and Enzensberger's Rewritings of ZhuangziLorraine MarkoticThe Seized Subject in Badiou's Ethics and Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleIV. Alternative ParadigmsGünter WohlfartEGOD: The Death of the EgoJohn C. MaraldoPersonal Autonomy: An Alternative ViewRolf TrauzettelTwo Mythic Paradigms of the Constitution of PersonhoodNotes on the Editors