Cross-Currents of Social Theorizing of Contemporary Taiwan: Self, Culture and Society

✍ Scribed by Ananta Kumar Giri (editor), Su-Chen Wu (editor)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book presents aspects of cross-currents of theorizing of self, culture and society in the contemporary Taiwan. Social theorizing has been addressed critically, reflectively and creatively by the philosophical, religious, psychological and literary traditions of one of the world’s great civilizations

Theorizing is a dynamic movement of self, culture, society and the world as it is related to our actions, reflections, meditations to understand the world more meaningfully and holistically as well as to transform it. But much of social theorizing in the modern world is primarily Euro-American and despite the socalled globalization of knowledge, this condition of one-sided Euro-American valorization of knowledge and neglect of others continues unabated. There is very little attention to theorizing about the human condition emerging from other parts of the world such as Taiwan and its global implication. This book transforms this condition by mapping the field of theorizing in a wider spectrum of philosophy, psychology, religions, social sciences and humanities in contemporary Taiwan.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Cross-Currents of Social Theorizing of Contemporary Taiwan: An Introduction and an Invitation
Reference
Part I Cross-Currents of Social Theorizing of Contemporary Taiwan: Classical Roots and Contemporary Reconstructions
2 A Scientific Interpretation of Confucian Theorizing on Self-Cultivation
2.1 The Structure of Zhongyong
2.2 Chapter on Duke Ai’s Asking About Governance
2.3 The Way of Humanity: Rendao and Shudao
2.4 Procedural Justice: Shudao and the Principle of Respecting the Superior
2.5 Distributive Justice and the Principle of Favoring the Intimate
2.6 The Ethical System of Benevolence–Righteousness–Propriety (ren–yi–li)
2.7 Benevolence: From the Intimate to the Distant
2.8 Righteousness: To Dwell in Benevolence and Pursue the Path of Righteousness
2.9 Propriety: Interaction in Line with Propriety
2.10 Using the Way of Humanity in Self-Cultivation
2.11 Fondness for Learning Leads to Wisdom (好學近乎智)
2.12 Vigorous Practice Leads to Benevolence (力行近乎仁)
2.13 Sensitivity to Shame Leads to Courage
2.14 Jun zi (a True Gentleman) vs xiao ren (a Small-Minded Person)
2.15 Confucian Ethics for Scholars: Benefiting the World with the Way of Humanity
2.16 Scholars Dedicate Themselves to the Way of Humanity
2.17 Conclusion
Notes
References
3 From Self to Self-Nature: Buddhist Self-Enlightenment Theory
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Two Types of Self
3.3 Definitions of the Self and Self-Nature
3.3.1 Why Does the Self Cause Alternation Between Happiness and Suffering?
3.4 Mandala Model of Self and Buddhist Self-Enlightenment Theory
3.4.1 Mandala Model of Self (MMS)
3.4.2 Buddhist Self-Enlightenment Theory
3.5 Psychological Functions of the Self-Nature and the Self
3.6 Future Directions
3.7 Concluding Remarks
References
4 Wisdom Consultation: Application of Yang-Ming’s Nousology in Indigenous Psychological Consultation
4.1 The Origin Concepts and Cultural Basis of Wisdom Consultation
4.2 Theoretical Concept of Wisdom Consultation
4.3 Practical Concept of Wisdom Consultation
4.4 Conclusion: Two Directions of Philosophical Speculation and Self-Cultivation
References
5 The Solution for Hwang Kwang-Kuo Problem: Constructing the Theoretical Basis of Chinese Indigenous Social Science
5.1 How to Define Hwang Kwang-Kuo Problem
5.2 The Positioning of Chinese Learning and Western Learning
5.3 The Nousism to Construct the “Paradigm Structure”
References
Part II Social Theorizing in Contemporary Taiwan: Glimpses from Some Contemporary Movements and Socio-cultural Initiatives
6 The Social Transformation from Labor Movement to Political Movement—The Praxis of Committee for Action of Labor Legislation and People’s Democratic Political Movement
6.1 Introduction: The Praxis Approach in Political Activism—Its Origin and Context
6.2 The Experimentation of Grassroots’ Democracy in the China Times Trade Union—Devolution of Power, Collective Discussion and Self-Responsibility
6.2.1 The Crocodile Tears of the ‘Little Boss’: Entrapment—formation of Union Saw the Escalation of Employer–Employee Conflict to Labor–Capital Confrontation
6.2.2 Experimenting Internal/Grassroots Democracy in the Process of Forming a Union
6.2.2.1 Collective Discussion on Union’s Constitution
6.2.2.2 How Much Should the Membership Fees Be?
6.2.2.3 Should It Be a General Assembly or a Delegates’ Congress?
6.3 The Praxis of Class-Based (Working-Class) Democracy: CALL’s Path of Activism and Social Movement Organizing
6.3.1 The Path of CALL—It is an Alliance, Not a Political Party; Neither Unification nor Independence, Consolidate Workers’ Subjectivity and Agency
6.3.2 Praxis and Realization of Class-Based (Working-Class) Democracy: Case 1—“Millions Spoiled Ballots” Campaign
6.3.3 Praxis and Realization of Class-Based (Working-Class) Democracy: Case 2: To Empower the Weak and Marginalized by Capturing Political Power—Everyone Can Be a Political Candidate and Boss Movement (人民老大-人人參選運動)
6.4 Conclusion: Empowerment of the Weak and the Marginalized Through the Praxis of Left-Wing Democracy
Notes
References
7 Another World is Possible: Abandoning the Hegemony of Global Capitalism in the Sunflower Movement in Taiwan
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Literary Review
7.3 Case Study Section
7.3.1 Interstitial Metamorphosis:
7.3.2 Symbiotic Metamorphosis:
7.3.3 Discussion of Findings and Conclusion
References
8 Culture, Land Reclamation Movement, and Property Relations in Indigenous Mapping Projects in the Contemporary Truku Society
8.1 Indigenous Movements and Land Reclamation Movements in Truku Society
8.2 The Mapping Project, Memory, and Property Relations
8.3 Land Reclamation Movement, Modern Legal System, and Private Property
8.4 The Visualization of Truku History: Ancestors and Collective Identity
8.5 The Trick of Adjusting Map Scales
8.6 Conclusion
Notes
References
9 Countering Prejudices with Uncanny Strangeness: Taiwanese Children’s Books About Southeast Asian Marriage Migrants in Taiwan
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Love as the Basis of Transnational Marriages
9.3 The Difficult Role of Daughter-in-Law and the Issue of Gender Preference
9.4 Taiwan as a Society of Immigrants
9.5 Conclusion: Anticipating a More Multicultural Taiwan
Notes
References
10 Gastronomic Fusion and Flexible Culinary Citizenship of Southeast Asian Female Migrants in Taiwan’s Public TV Programs
10.1 Diasporic Taste Memory and Flexible Culinary Citizenship
10.2 Fusion Cuisine as a Trope of Multiculturalism
10.3 Conclusion
Notes
References
Part III Ethics and Other Issues of Cultural Creativity
11 An Inclusive Theory of Ethics Based on Chinese Culture: The Duality Model of Professional Ethics for Helpers
References
12 Through the Compound Eyes: The Ethical Dynamics of Wu Ming-Yi’s Materialistic Literary Vision in the Man with the Compound Eyes and the Stolen Bicycle
Notes
References
13 Affect and the Virtual: A Deleuzian Reading of a Taiwanese Film: Kano
13.1 The Virtual and Affect in Wei Te-Sheng’s Kano
13.1.1 The Virtual Force of Individuation
13.1.2 The Affective Relationship Between the Players and the Baseball
Notes
References
14 Articulating Ecological Ethics and Politics of Life in Ming-Yi Wu’s The Land of Little Rain
14.1 Becoming Nonhuman/Less-Than-Human/More-Than-Human Beings
14.2 Animal and Man: From Heidegger, Derrida to Agamben
14.3 Becoming Together, Becoming-With
References
15 Breathing Between: Making a Sensory Ethnographic Film on Freediving Spearfishing with the Amis in Taiwan
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Sensory Ethnographic Film
15.3 Freediving Spearfishing Among Coastal Amis
15.4 Senses of Freediving Spearfishing
15.5 Conclusion Remarks: On the Road of Making an Ethnographic Film
References
16 The Life Education of the Protect Life Relief Pictures in the Buddha Museum, Taiwan
16.1 Introduction to the Authors of the Protect Life Pictures
16.1.1 The Life of Feng Zikai
16.1.2 The Life of Master Hong Yi
16.2 The Publication History of the Protect Life Pictures Collection
16.2.1 Editions of the Protect Life Pictures Collection
16.2.2 Achievements of the Paper Version of the Protect Life Pictures Collection
16.3 The Protect Life Pictures Collection Reliefs of the Buddha Museum
16.3.1 Classification of the Protect Life Pictures Collection Reliefs of the Buddha Museum
16.4 A Descriptive Study of Varied Contents of the Protect Life Pictures Collection Reliefs of the Buddha Museum
16.4.1 Calligraphy
16.4.1.1 Poetry
16.4.1.2 Pictures
16.5 Features of the Protect Life Pictures Collection Reliefs of the Buddha Museum
16.5.1 Combining the Arts of Sculpture, Painting, Calligraphy and Poetry
16.5.2 The First Set of Protect Life Pictures Collection Reliefs
16.5.3 Beautifying the Landscape of the Buddha Museum
16.5.4 The Metaphors of Causality Are Educational
16.5.5 Realizing the Four Cardinal Principles of Fo Guang Shan
16.6 The Contemporary Significance of the Protect Life Pictures Collection Reliefs of the Buddha Museum
16.7 Conclusion
16.7.1 Research Findings
16.7.2 Contribution of This Research
Notes
References
17 The Combat and Compromise in Taiwanese Puppets as a Body Without Organ: Samadhi Tang Creative Puppet Troupe as an Example
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Body Without Organs
17.3 The Transition of Samadhi Tang Creative Puppet Troupe as a Body Without Organ
17.3.1 Multiplicities
17.3.2 Deconstruction and Reconstruction
17.3.3 Being Rooted with Rootlessness
17.4 Conclusion
Notes
References
18 Engaged Buddhism, the Six Pāramitās, and Yuanmen’s Collective Social-Charity Practices
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Literary Review
18.3 Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Engaged Buddhism
18.4 Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Order of Interbeing
18.5 Nhất Hạnh’s Engaged Buddhism, the Lotus Sūtra, and the Six Pāramitās
18.6 Dāna Pāramitā and Yuanmen’s Charity Events
18.7 Śīla Pāramitā and Yuanmen’s Vegetarian Support
18.8 Ksanti Pāramitā and Yuanmen’s Physical Training in Nature
18.9 Vīrya Pāramitā and Yuanmen’s Mountain Pilgrimage
18.10 Dhyāna Pāramitā and Yuanmen’s Tai Chi Training
18.11 Prajñā Pāramitā and Yuanmen’s Dharma Learning and Practice
18.12 Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index