UID:
almafu_9960819766602883
Format:
1 online resource (73 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-009-02155-9
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1-009-02406-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements on women in the history of philosophy
Content:
This Element aims to critically examine the philosophical thought of Im Yunjidang 任允摯堂 (1721-93), a female Korean Neo-Confucian philosopher from the Chosŏn 朝鮮 dynasty (1392-1910), and to present her as a feminist thinker. Unlike most Korean women of her time, Yunjidang had the exceptional opportunity to be introduced to a major philosophical debate among Korean Neo-Confucians, which was focused on two core questions-whether sages and commoners share the same heart-mind, and whether the natures of human beings and animals are identical. In the course of engaging in this debate, she was able to reformulate Neo-Confucian metaphysics and ethics of moral self-cultivation, culminating in her bold ideas of the moral equality between men and women and the possibility of female sagehood. By proposing a 'stage-approach' to feminism that is also sensitive to the cultural context, this Element shows that Yunjidang's philosophical thought could be best captured in terms of Confucian feminism.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Aug 2022).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Im Yunjidang -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Yunjidang: The Person and Her World -- 1.1 The Person -- 1.2 The World After Ming -- 1.3 The Horak Debate -- 1.4 From Im Sŏngju to Im Yunjidang -- 2 Im Yunjidang's Neo-Confucian Philosophy -- 2.1 Metaphysical Monism -- 2.2 Neo-Confucian Moral Self-Cultivation -- 2.3 Female Sagehood -- 3 Im Yunjidang and Confucian Feminism -- 3.1 The Contemporary Debate -- 3.2 The Stage Approach to Feminism -- 3.3 The Primacy of the Family -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Acknowledgments.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009010665
Language:
English
