Im Yunjidang

di Sungmoon Kim (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2022

This Element aims to critically examine the philosophical thought of Im Yunjidang (1721-93), a female Korean Neo-Confucian philosopher from the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), and to present her as a feminist thinker. Unlike most Korean women of her time, Yunjidang had the exceptional opportunity to be introduced to a major philosophical debate among Korean Neo-Confucians, which was focused on two core questions-whether sages and commoners share the same heart-mind, and whether the natures of human beings and animals are identical. In the course of engaging in this debate, she was able to reformulate Neo-Confucian metaphysics and ethics of moral self-cultivation, culminating in her bold ideas of the moral equality between men and women and the possibility of female sagehood. By proposing a 'stage-approach' to feminism that is also sensitive to the cultural context, this Element shows that Yunjidang's philosophical thought could be best captured in terms of Confucian feminism.

• Autore: Sungmoon Kim
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 75 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 123 gr.
• EAN: 9781009010665

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