Going With The Flow
A Comparison Between Heidegger’s Gelassenheit And Chinese Wu Wei
Keywords:
Action without Action, Asian Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Fusion Philosophy, Letting-beAbstract
This study concerns with the relationship between Heidegger and Asian thought. Mainly, it aims to investigate through Heidegger’s interest in East Asian ways of thinking, two notions, one from West and one from East, namely Gelassenheit and Wu Wei. In this investigation, a philosophical method and field -named fusion philosophy- is also problematized regarding how beneficial and advanced it is, compared to the comparative philosophy when it comes to the studies about differences and similarities between Western and Asian philosophies. At first, Heidegger’s understanding of Dasein is examined in order to gain insight on his interest towards ways of thinking which belong to East Asia, especially in his later era, namely Kehre. Even though he rarely mentions his idea of Dasein in his later works where he shows a clear interest into the Asian ways of thinking, still this interest in later works can be seen as endeavor to open up new ways to think about the Being and Dasein. Secondly, by setting off from Heidegger’s interest with examining the meaning of being, the western notion of Gelassenheit is examined throughout its historical progress, especially with its usage in Meister Eckhart [...]
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