Integrative Dialogue as a Path to Universalism: The Case of Buber and Zhuangzi

• Authors: Allinson Robert Elliott
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

I argue that it is through an integrative dialogue based on the Ijing (Book of Chang-es) model of cooperative and cyclical change rather than a Marxist or neo-Marxist dia-lectical model of change based upon the Hegelian model of conflict and replacement that promises the greatest possibility of peaceful coexistence.1 As a case study of a dia-logue between civilizations, I utilize both a mythical and an historical encounter betwe-en Martin Buber, representing the West, and Zhuangzi, representing the East. I show that despite the vast temporal, historic, linguistic and cultural differences, that the dialo-gue between Zhuangzi and Buber is complementary and not adversarial.

Keywords

EN

Buber; Zhuangzi; Huntington; comparative philosophy; clash of civilizations; Ijing; The Book of Changes; integrative dialogue; Dao; Ch’an; Zen; the Baal-Shem-Tov; Yin and Yang

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 87-104

Contributors

author

Allinson Robert Elliott

• Soka University of America, Gandhi Hall 404, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, USA