{"product_id":"gongsheng-across-contexts-a-philosophy-of-co-becoming-paperback","title":"Gongsheng Across Contexts: A Philosophy of Co-Becoming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBing Song\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eYiwen Zhan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open access book sheds light on the term \u003ci\u003egongsheng\/kyōsei\u003c\/i\u003e, which is used in Chinese and Japanese to not only translate \"symbiosis\" in biology but also broadly deployed in philosophical, social and political contexts. It is a cross-contextual attempt to study the foundation of \u003ci\u003egongsheng\/kyōsei \u003c\/i\u003eas a philosophy of co-becoming, with exploration of its significance for thinking about the planetary challenges of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This excellent collection of essays explores the notion of \u003ci\u003egongsheng\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003ekyōsei \u003c\/i\u003eas a conceptual ground for developing novel pathways in our age of crisis. It shows how cutting-edge contributions from contemporary Chinese and Japanese philosophy offer accounts of deep relationality that allow us to think the co-becoming not only of all humans on our planet but rather the entanglement of humans and the complex non-human systems in which they are embedded. A must read for anybody interested in identifying avenues of planetary cooperation in philosophy and science beyond the narrow confines of merely local traditions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMarkus Gabriel\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Bonn, Germany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This anthology assembled a cohort of distinguished scholars to provide cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on an ecological way of thinking about the human experience in all of its parts. In our own historical moment when the zero-sum thinking we associate with a foundational individualism has proven to be woefully inadequate, \u003ci\u003egongsheng \u003c\/i\u003ethinking might usher in the gestalt shift in our values, intentions, and practices needed to bring humanity back from the brink.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRoger T. Ames\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeking University, China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open access book sheds light on the term \u003ci\u003egongsheng\/kyōsei\u003c\/i\u003e, which is used in Chinese and Japanese to not only translate \"symbiosis\" in biology but also broadly deployed in philosophical, social and political contexts. It is a cross-contextual attempt to study the foundation of \u003ci\u003egongsheng\/kyōsei \u003c\/i\u003eas a philosophy of co-becoming, with exploration of its significance for thinking about the planetary challenges of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBing Song \u003c\/b\u003eis a Senior Vice President of the Berggruen Institute and Director of the Institute's China Center. She has been leading projects under the research theme of Frontier Science \u0026amp; Technology and East Asian Philosophies and edited \u003ci\u003eIntelligence and Wisdom: Artificial Intelligence Meets Chinese Philosophers \u003c\/i\u003e(CITIC Press 2020, Springer 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYiwen Zhan \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer at Beijing Normal University. He mainly works in metaphysics and epistemology. Recently, he is interested in exploring the question-sensitive structures in epistemology, decision theory, and how it might affect our understanding of modality and existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBing Song \u003c\/b\u003eis a Senior Vice President of the Berggruen Institute and Director of the Institute's China Center. She has been leading projects under the research theme of Frontier Science \u0026amp; Technology and East Asian Philosophies and edited \u003ci\u003eIntelligence and Wisdom: Artificial Intelligence Meets Chinese Philosophers \u003c\/i\u003e(CITIC Press 2020, Springer 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYiwen Zhan \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer at Beijing Normal University. He mainly works in metaphysics and epistemology. 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