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Process Ontology in an Eastern Perspective, with Special Reference to Zhuangzi

Author(s): Desislava Damyanova / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

The transience of being in the Chinese context—and specifically within Daoist texts—has been the subject of scholarly attention both as a philosophical theme and as a social phenomenon. Dao is the mystery that makes nature “the way it is.” It can mean process, pattern, or existence. Eastern thinkers tend to find truth in every perspective, pursuing the middle way, and they stress mutual dependence—Zhuangzi’s “equality of things,” the “axis of Dao,” etc. The Chinese sages tend to harbor an optimistic outlook that, however opposed divergent views may appear, in the end they are bound to harmonize and complement one another. Humans can unite themselves with the way they live. There are three threads at work in Zhuangzi’s thought: (1) The principle of equality: all things are equal or have relative parity. Each has its own merit, even that which seems deformed or useless to humans. (2) The principle of difference: each thing is unique and exists in itself in accordance with the Dao. (3) The principle of transformation. The only constant is that myriad beings are always transforming and becoming.

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Неолибералният пърформанс – анихилация на сръбския суверенитет и интегритет

Author(s): Slobodan Divjak,Vladimir Lj. Cvetković,Milenko M. Bodin / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

In this work the authors consider the negative influence of process globalisation of neoliberal ideology on Serbia. They cosider the following themes: the relationships between law, moral and might in the contemporary world; are the humanitarian interventions an instrument for the development of human rights or for making of the world empire; what changes are taking in the structure of inter-state relations; what would be the best place for Serbia in the current historical juncture of the world. In the next section, we talk about the neoliberal performance in Serbia in a form the tyranny of the majority. Then we criticize the concept of the Second Serbia. By hypostasizing minority rights, which are justified by the claim that ethno-cultural groups need the state to protect their right to develop their own cultural tradition and, paradoxically, encouraging the dissolution of the Serbian cultural tradition in the name of modernizing Serbia, the Second Serbia actually rejects the logic behind both the civil state and the national state, because both of them are incompatible with those minority rights which encourage strong processes of ethnic homogenization whose ultimate outcome is the disintegration of the state.

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Европейските ценности в кръга на противоречиви практики

Author(s): Vitan Stefanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

The analysis in the paper is focused on the concept “Europeanvalues”. Some possible risks coming from the identification of European andgeneral human values are critically considered. The author develops somearguments against the radical interpretation of tolerance as a value without limits.There are contradictions leading to formation of two parallel systems of values inthe EU members countries.

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Blurred boundaries: Francis Bacon’s portraits

Author(s): Timea Andrea Lelik / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2019

In his oeuvre Francis Bacon hints at the fact that portraiture sacrifices the subject for the sake of representation. For this reason, portraiture as a genre needs to re-determine the conditions that originally shaped it. Through an analysis of the manner in which Bacon depicts his subjects I will argue that his portraits blur the boundaries between object and subject, portrait and viewer, in order to remodel conventional notions of portraiture. Through Gilles Deleuze’s theory on Francis Bacon, I will reinterpret Bacon’s works through the prism of Buddhism, arguing that understanding the works through Buddhist practices opens the possibility of a complete transformation of preexisting concepts which traditionally shaped portrait making.

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О. О. Розенберг и проблема языка описания в буддологии - К пятидесятилетию выхода в свет книги О. О. Розенберга «Проблемы буддийской философии»

Author(s): Alexander Piatigorsky / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/1971

Проблема понимания буддийской философии, это в основном и прежде всего - проблема понимания конкретного философского (психологического, метафизического) текста. И не следует думать, будто бы буддийский текст трудно понимать только из-за удаленности во времени и чуждости культур. Я думаю, что не было времени, когда бы такой текст понимался как современный, и не было культуры, где бы он ощущался как от нее произошедший. Такой текст в древности и в средневековье должен был пониматься с трудом, потому что сама трудность понимания входила в прагматику текста, т. е. очевидно полагалось, что истинное понимание есть трудное понимание (экономия умственной энергии не считалась добродетелью в буддийских школах).

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Oсемте безсмъртни и тяхната символика

Author(s): Reni Stoyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

The Eight immortals are bright figures in Chinese mythology. Their appearance and features are pretty unique as well as the stories they appear in. Their power can be transferred to a power tool that can bestow life or destroy evil. The 8 Immortals are considered to be signs of prosperity and longevity, so they are popular themes in ancient and medieval art. Each of them represents a different aspect of Daoist perfection.

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СВЕЩЕНАТА ПЛАНИНА ТАЙШАН В ПРОФАННОТО ПРОСТРАНСТВО НА СЪВРЕМЕННАТА КУЛТУРНА ИНДУСТРИЯ НА КНР

Author(s): Evelina HEIN / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

The paper seeks to address some questions connected to the conflict between the very nature of sacred places like mount Taishan in China and the contemporary phenomenon of culture industry which has its intrinsic value in exploitation of the national history and culture with the purpose of ensuring economical profit for the state. The author traces the roots and the historical development of the worship of mount Taishan into an emblematic universal symbol of Chineseness and points to possible problematic connection between this symbol and the clear profit-making purpose of one concrete project of the culture industry in PRC – the “Culture Industry Park of Mount Taishan”, whose realization started in 2009. As a meaningful focus of the whole project the landscape mega-spectacle “Chinese Taishan: The Great Sacrifice to Heaven and Earth” is examined through its official media covering and the feedback of the spectators. The paper finds that the promoted “harmony” between the history of the sacred mount Taishan and the contemporary mundane use of it as a cultural resource contains potential dramatical developments.

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Dissenting Yogis: The Mīmāṁsaka-Buddhist Battle for Epistemological Authority

Author(s): Jed Forman / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

While dissent connotes a type of split or departure, it can bind as much as it separates. This paper traces a millennium-long history of debate between Buddhists and other religionists who championed the Vedic authority rejected by the Buddha, a camp that came to be known as “Mīmāṁsā.” My analysis illustrates dissent can have the paradoxical feature of forging strong relationships through its seeming antithesis: opposition. Specifically, I explore Mīmāṁsaka-Buddhist debate on meditation. Buddhists argued that meditation could yield authoritative spiritual insight once a meditator had honed their yogic perception (yogipratyakṣa). Mīmāṁsakas rejected yogic perception, arguing only the scriptural corpus of the Vedas had authority. By undermining yogic perception, Mīmāṁsakas aimed to defang religious movements, like the Buddhists’, who appealed to meditative experience as legitimate grounds for dissent. Counterintuitively, such exchanges were essential for the construction of each faction’s identity and were continually mutually formative over the long history of their interaction.

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Ebû Süfyan el-Gazânişî’nin Tanrıbilim ve Din Bağlamında Komünizm Eleştirisi Olan el-Burhânü’l-kāṭıʿ fî isbâti’s-sâniʿ Risalesi: Tahlil ve Tahkik

Author(s): Ersan Türkmen / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 1/2021

Abū Sufyan al-Ghazānishī who is from Kumuk Turks and was born in Dagistan is one of the intellectual people. Ghazānishī who completed his education in classical method had been interested in modern science and tried to penetrate to new claims around the modern sciences related to the period that he lived in. He, who is a versatile author, had written in different sciences. Especially when anti-religious movements such as communism began to spread in the region where he lived, he had written important works. Among these works, there is an epistle named as el-Burhānu’l-ḳāṭıʿ fî is̱bāti’ṣ-ṣāniʿ which constitutes our work. The author in this work criticizes the negative views that alleged especially by the communist thinkers about the existence of God, the truth and necessity of the religion. He uses the classical evidences like possibility, teleology, prophecy and miracle by constructing newly. On the other hand, he defends his thought by using new cosmological evidences related to the teleological argument. Ghazānishī tries to analyze the accuracy and necessity of the religion by discussing the religion from practical perspective. That is, he analyzes the practical part of the religion to prove the necessity of the religion by referring to ethical principles. Again, he mentions about the physical benefits of the religious responsibilities to support his views. Additionally, he answers the doubts that are asserted by the tendencies refusing religion with the help of logical approach.

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RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY AS A BASIS FOR KOREAN CULTURE COURSES AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Author(s): Ildze Šķestere / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

This paper will examine one case of building an introductory Korean culture course syllabus, at the outset focusing mainly on philosophical and religious concepts. By examining this case and looking at the success of the course like this in its initial stages, further suggestions will be made for its improvement and conclusions provided as to whether shifting the major focus on religion and philosophy would be worthwhile in a course of this kind.

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Method as Necessity – The Superstructure of Gnosticism in I. P. Culianu Analysis

Author(s): Stelian Manolache / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

The disconcerting diversity of mythological contents conveyed by the literature related to ancient Gnosticism was a sufficiently prohibitive factor for all attempts at integrated analysis, systematization, or theological-historical evaluation of the origins and evolutions of this. Against this background, accurately locating the methodological limits of previous analytical attempts, I.P. Culianu managed, resorting to a radical paradigm shift, to establish a new way of researching gnosis, identifying and operationalizing a method capable of overcoming a good part of the difficulties previously recorded. Given the exceptional significance of this perspective of exploring the mythological contents of gnosis, our study aims to evaluate the Romanian scientist’s method, paying close attention to its theological significance precisely because ancient Gnosticism’s religious dimensions are indisputable and, implicitly, defining.

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Китайското всекидневие през 18 в. в пътните записки на Джон Бел

Author(s): Pavel Petkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

The article discusses John Bell’s travel account The Travels of John Bell (1719) and focuses on the passages in which the author discusses the daily lives of common Chinese people. The analysis demonstrates that Bell’s travelogue follows – to a certain extent – the established imagological trends characteristic of the 18th century and in doing so falls well within the cultural paradigm of the Enlightenment. At the same time, it becomes clear that the Scottish physician is no ordinary traveler: he manages to maintain a much more objective and level-headed attitude towards the East than many of his traveling contemporaries.

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Китайският дракон и българският змей. Психология на митологията

Author(s): Diana Maglova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

This scientific work, in its characteristic exposition, is a modest attempt at a comparative description of one of the most famous mythical creatures from ancient legends and its incarnations in the fabulous folk art of two peoples, which at first glance are distant and different, but both unique. antiquity and culture. The comparison between the dragon and the dragon and the other theriomorphic images perfectly illustrates the laws of myth-making, its diffusion and its modeling ability.This scientific work, in its characteristic exposition, is a modest attempt at a comparative description of one of the most famous mythical creatures from ancient legends and its incarnations in the fabulous folk art of two peoples, which at first glance are distant and different, but both unique antiquity and culture. The comparison between the dragon and the dragon and the other theriomorphic images perfectly illustrates the laws of myth-making, its diffusion and its modeling ability.

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血亲伦理束缚下的弑母意志与自我塑造——论《毒蛇在握》中让的俄瑞斯忒斯情结

Author(s): Yonggang Gao,Di Feng,Yiran Dong,Yue Li / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

As the “negative Oedipus Complex”, the Orestes Complex is little known. Orestes’s matricide is not only the opposition of Oedipus’s mother fixation, but also reflects the reflection and transcendence of Oedipus complex. On the basis of tracing the origin of Orestes Complex, this paper takes the autobiographical novel Viper in the Fist by French writer Hervé Bazin as an example to demonstrate As the “negative Oedipus Complex”, the Orestes Complex is little known. Orestes’s matricide is not only the opposition of Oedipus’s mother fixation, but also reflects the reflection and transcendence of Oedipus complex. On the basis of tracing the origin of Orestes Complex, this paper takes the autobiographical novel Viper in the Fist by French writer Hervé Bazin as an example to demonstrate

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Mundus imaginalis. On some liminal adventures of the imagination

Author(s): Marta Ples-Bęben / Language(s): English Issue: 58/2022

The aim of the article is to analyze the category of mundus imaginalis formulated by Henry Corbin based on Islamic philosophy (alam al-mithal). Corbin was inspired by Islamic mystics who recognized the existence of an imaginary sphere mediating between the sensual and the intelligible worlds. For Corbin, who was also influenced by CG. Jung and A. Koyré, mundus imaginalis becomes a useful tool for the analysis of imagination (understood as active cognitive power), but also of the modern human condition. A counterpoint expanding reflection on the mundus imaginalis is the research of Jean-Jacques Wunenburger, who, using Corbin’s analyzes, emphasizes the multi-level and structural nature of both: the power of the imagination and its products. In these interpretations, the following questions seem to be crucial: What does the category of mundus imaginalis contribute to the understanding of the essence of imagination and of the human world of imaginations? Which approach to the imagination is associated with the recognition of this category? I will try to answer these questions in the article.

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Deep Spirituality Will Decide Humanity’s Future

Author(s): Thomas Menamparampil / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

In the modern age, religion and spirituality stood scrutinised and criticized. We agree that all criticisms and negative evaluations have a thought-provoking value. We agree too that people can make of their spiritual convictions an idle and unproductive force in their lives, if they choose to do so. On the contrary, if they so decide, they can make of it the strongest motivating force in the world. A spiritual outlook can generate a deep sense of responsibility for addressing the current problems of the world, like the increase of violence and corruption, economic imbalance, aggravation of poverty, ecological disaster, damage to cultures, erosion of ethical values, poor governance, biased media, harassment of minorities, gender bias, and others.

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Naomi’s and Ruth’s Effective Use of Feminine Insights and Wisdom for Survival and the Challenges of Nigerian Women in the Contemporary Churches

Author(s): Akinnawo Yetunde Abolaji / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The life of Naomi and Ruth, calls for a re-thinking in feminine studies. At a stage in their lives, there was no breadwinner. They both lost their husbands as mother-in-law and wife respectively but have to keep up with life activities. Life almost became worthless to them as they had zilch to live on. To salvage the situation and survive however they both used their natural feminine propensities, and acumen. This paper attempts to examine how operative their insight and inclination were. It relates it to Albert Banduras theory on ‘self-efficacy’ and as interpreted by different scholars as regards women on career choice and activities in relation to situations around and expected successes. It traces out implications of their actions for survival of women; most especially African career women in the contemporary churches. It interviews Christian women of different careers from the northern, south-south, south-eastern and south-western part of Nigeria to gather information on their career pursuit which helps to determine the relevance of the propensity of the duo.

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Amerykańska metafizyka rasy

Author(s): Mieczysław Jagłowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 61/2023

In the 1990s, a debate about the race began in the United States, in which many philosophers are involved. In philosophy, this debate has become known as the metaphysics of race. The aim of this article is to outline positions that have formed in the area of the metaphysics of race as a separate, mainly American, current of philosophical thought – realism (naturalistic and constructivist) and anti-realism – and to indicate the most important arguments invoked by their most outstanding proponents to justify their metaphysical positions, as well as the counter-arguments of their opponents. The article also discusses the normative aspect of this dispute, very important from the moral and social point of view, listing two main positions on this level: eliminativism and conservatism regarding the presence of racial terms and concepts in public discourses. In the final parts of the article, the relations between metaphysical positions and normative directives formulated by the participants of the debate are considered, and critical arguments concerning the philosophical value and social importance of this trend of thinking are presented.

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The Emancipation of Egypt: A Quest for Modernity under Islamic and Egyptian Values

Author(s): Salma Al Refaei / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The nineteenth and the twentieth centuries were pivotal in Muslim Egypt’s history as they shaped and influenced not only Egyptian society, but also the Muslim community at large. If the West went through various modernizing movements and experienced a fast advancement, then the East in general and Egypt in particular were marked by the colonial rule, the Orientalist discourse and an identity crisis that threatened their religion. In this context, Islamic Modernism came as a response to the threat posed by the modern, civilized West and it focused towards proving that Islam and modernity could be reconciled. In this sense, my paper aims to show that the contributions of Muhammad ‘Abduh and Gamal Abdel Nasser are notable – the formers tried to reshape Egyptian identity in modern terms, while the latter focused on Egypt’s national identity and the modernization process in the Postcolonial era.

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Porównanie symboliki wierzby i lilii w chińskiej i polskiej kulturze na tle teorii językowego obrazu świata

Author(s): Jiahao Zou / Language(s): Polish Issue: 23/2023

The article introduces the symbolism of the willow and the lily, which have played an important role in the lives of Chinese and Poles over many years. The research issue of this article is the question: What are the differences and similarities in terms of willow and lily symbolism in Chinese and Polish culture? The article is based on an analysis of literature. It aims to indicate the symbolism of the willow and the lily and to find the roots of their differences and similarities in Chinese and Polish cultures. The first part of the article is devoted to the theory of a linguistic worldview, which is the theoretical basis of the research. The second part of the article focuses on the most important and widespread symbolisms of the willow. The third part presents the most important connotations of the lily in both cultures. I It turns out that there are many similar symbolisms of the willow in Chinese and Polish culture, such as homesickness and vitality, etc. Nevertheless, the willow is an attribute of the noble hermit in Chinese culture, while in Polish culture it symbolizes susceptibility because of its pliancy. There are also many analogies in the associations of the lily in Polish and Chinese cultures, such as purity and holiness. Contrary to appearances, in the two civilizations the differences in lily symbolism are not readily apparent

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