THE EMERGENT SELF: RESONATING THEMES IN CONFUCIAN AND MEADEAN CONCEPTS OF SELF

THE EMERGENT SELF: RESONATING THEMES IN CONFUCIAN AND MEADEAN CONCEPTS OF SELF

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Main Author: Riley, Mary K.
Language:English
Published: Kent State University / OhioLINK 2011
Subjects:
Philosophy
Pragmatism
Confucianism
David Hall
Roger Ames
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1302117989
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent13021179892021-08-03T05:37:26Z THE EMERGENT SELF: RESONATING THEMES IN CONFUCIAN AND MEADEAN CONCEPTS OF SELF Riley, Mary K. Philosophy Pragmatism Confucianism David Hall Roger Ames In this work I illuminate resonating themes in the Confucian and Meadean senses of self on the basis of their rejection of two fundamental assumptions found in some western models of self; namely, 1) that entities are independent and autonomous, and 2) that such entities are organized according to an overarching transcendent principles. Instead of thinking of subject and object as distinct and autonomous realms, George Herbert Mead demonstrates how the two interact and come together in the self: The self takes into account the objective by internalizing community attitudes and remains subjective insofar as it acts spontaneously. This interplay of community and individual maps well onto the Confucian sense of self, where community attitudes are embodied in traditionally prescribed ritual actions and novel or spontaneous action is required to address unique situations. For Mead, the self takes on the community attitude via the Me - similarly, the Confucian self takes on community attitudes in the form of li. The traditionally prescribed ritual actions, like Mead’s Me, set the stage for the spontaneous expression of yi, which corresponds to Mead’s I. Both the I and yi introduce novel attitudes of responding to situations into the community and thus alter the community, in the form of the Me or li, respectively. The Meadean and Confucian notions of self are similar in their use of the idea of extension and bidirectional authorship of individual and community. These similarities manifest a tendency in each author toward the use of intrinsic relations and self- organizing particulars – ideas which entail the rejection of the two underlying assumption of some western models of self. 2011-04-07 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1302117989 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1302117989 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Philosophy
Pragmatism
Confucianism
David Hall
Roger Ames
spellingShingle Philosophy
Pragmatism
Confucianism
David Hall
Roger Ames
Riley, Mary K.
THE EMERGENT SELF: RESONATING THEMES IN CONFUCIAN AND MEADEAN CONCEPTS OF SELF
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title_short THE EMERGENT SELF: RESONATING THEMES IN CONFUCIAN AND MEADEAN CONCEPTS OF SELF
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