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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Taoism"”.
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Taoism and Contemporary Environmental Literature
… a preface that describes the historic roots of Taoism as well as an explanation of the Chinese terminology in the paper. The environmental literature is divided into three major groups and discussed in the three chapters of the paper. The three groups include mainstream environmentalists, deep …
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Exploring the Nature of Reality in Science Fiction through the use of Taoism and Advaita Vedanta
The Man in the High Castle and Distances use non-dual philosophy to move beyond post-modernism, toward a recognition, appreciation, and reconfiguration of the boundaries of reality. The inclusion of Taoist and Advaitic philosophy in High Castle and Distances is not simply an aesthetic that lends …
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The influence of Chinese philosophical religious traditions on Chinese consumption behaviour: a multiple case study of Chinese festivals
… traditions of China (namely Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism) in the context of consumers and their consumption behaviours. This study is exploratory in nature and employs multiple case studies of Chinese festivals to achieve an in-depth understanding of the influence of these three …
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A New Perspective to Consider Rationality in Business Negotiation: Dao and the Doctrine of the Mean
… Chinese literary works that are masterpieces of Taoism and Confucianism. Although society, science, and technology are developing rapidly, the central wisdom of Dao in Taoism and the Doctrine of the Mean in Confucianism will not lose its importance over time. The analysis will combine wisdom in …
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Action and activism in selected novels by Ursula K. Le Guin
… ideological perspective is informed by feminism, Taoism, and anarchism, as well as a strong ecological awareness. These determine the structure of her fictional societies and the actions of her characters. Each novel is approached on its own terms, with the commentary adhering closely to the text. …
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Thoreau's Orientalism: A study of Confucian and Taoist elements in Thoreau's readings and writings
… of the Orient, particularly Confucianism and Taoism, which has not received a systematic, scholarly treatment so far. In placing this discussion within the comparative tradition, the effort is oriented toward the emphasis on influences rather than rapprochement.
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PERFORMATIVE CORPORATE TRAINING IN TAIWAN
… team building. In Chapter One, Introduction to Taoism and Taiwanese Corporate Culture, I show that Taiwanese corporate culture is bonded and interdependent with Taoism. In Chapter Two, Performance Pedagogy for Business Contexts, I categorize different forms of performative pedagogies in …
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That Said
… traditions as Marxism, Existentialism, and Taoism to provide a several windows of perspective into anxiety, relationships, identity, and consumerism. Through the blending of both direct and experimental forms and processes, nontraditional and everyday diction and syntax, and multifaceted …
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The Armpit Sage V. the Golden Barbarian: Zhen Luan's Response to the Taoist Conversion Narrative
… Chinese dispute between the supporters of Taoism and Buddhism. Western rhetorical scholars have generally ignored Chinese argumentation. It seems that the Western understanding of China as a rigidly hierarchical society has lead to the conclusion that argumentation has not played a …
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六朝至唐宋间神鬼附体故事研究 - 以《太平广记》、《夷坚志》为核心 = SPIRIT POSSESSION FROM THE SIX DYNASTIES TO THE TANG-SONG PERIOD: EVIDENCE FROM THE TAIPING GUANGJI AND THE YIJIAN ZHI
… tendencies and characteristics of Buddhism, Taoism, and folk religions at that time. Ultimately, through careful analysis of the texts and religious rituals, the essay demonstrates the popular attitude to the religions at that time, and how religious beliefs and folk life affect and interact …
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A Performance Guide to Etüden für Flöte(n) solo by Isang Yun
… Far East Asian philosophy, especially Chinese Taoism, with Western techniques and Korean traditional instrumental idioms. Isang Yun left more that 100 works, including twelve works that feature the flute. This essay will discuss Yun’s five Etüden für Flöte(n) solo (Etudes for solo flute(s)), …
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Shanshuihua: ‘Mountain-water-painting’ for an ecological age
… history and culture, namely Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and maps certain connections to the development of shanshuihua. Through a series of interviews with contemporary Chinese artists, the project investigates whether the influence of these philosophic traditions have a continuing …
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A Combination of Asian Language with Foundations of Western Music: An Analysis of Isang Yun's Salomo for Flute Solo or Alto Flute Solo
… of Yun's musical ideas from his acceptance of Taoism four structures in the world: the Tao, heaven, earth, and man. The presence of both Western and Eastern influences in Yun's music provides the basic of his musical style, and analysis of Salomo für Altoflöte oder Flöte is included in this …
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Balancing Multiple Worlds: The Multiverse and the Fractured Asian American Experience in <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once</em> (2022)
… of Leibniz’s “Best of All Possible Worlds,” and Taoism. Within this framework, this thesis underscores the significance of the aesthetics and iconography that present the synergy between the multiverse experiences and the Asian American in-betweenness: the fluctuations across different aspect …
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La influencia de la estética oriental en la autotraducción: análisis de la novela bicultural The Good Earth de la autora P.S. Buck
… by the Eastern tradition, especially from Taoism, where the idiolect of the characters show an influence from both East and West possible thanks to the mechanism of self-translation, and where the author shows a thorough knowledge of the politeness rules applicable to several of the …
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The ocean in a drop: a narrative of reintegration for an era of disintegration
… from an eclectic mix of sources, including Taoism, and their implications for leadership as partnership. During the writing of this critical commentary I was inspired by the pandemic to write on the gifts of solitude, the liminal space that enhances the bricolage of the mind to develop …
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Dancing brush: an exploration of Taoist aesthetics
… a modern cityscape where the principal of Taoism, ancient Chinese landscape painting, and calligraphy meet new media aesthetics. The focus of this thesis is to reassess media arts practice and aesthetics via the traditions of Chinese Taoist aesthetics. The research was conducted in three …
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Reflections on en-teaching: Dewey, Heidegger and Lao Tzu
… notion of “clearing” and the essential spirit of Taoism, “the Tao of inaction.” This led me to coin the word, “en-teaching” to express my idea of how teachers can teach through paradoxically non-teaching, without implying a binary opposition between teaching and non-teaching. In reviewing selected …
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Raça, Jinshu, Race: Whiteness, Japanese-ness, and Resistance in Sūkyō Mahikari in the Brazilian Amazon
… (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism). In this classification, the original humans - <em>hito</em>, the kingly race <em>ōbito</em>, and the God-given supra-religion <em>sūkyō</em> - deteriorated into <em>ningen</em> (people), the other races, and <em>sh</em>ūkyō (religions) …
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The art school ethos across cultures: UK and China
… the Chinese traditional romantic culture of Neo-Taoism. As a consequence of this analysis, the identity of art and design schools became clear. The concept of identity found in organisational management, which refers to Soenen and Moingeon’s five-facet model of collective identity, informed the …
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