Abstract
Abstract
A key advantage of performing a comparative analysis of different texts is that it brings the idiosyncratic features of each to the forefront. The Epilogue mobilizes the salient patterns of thought expressed in Spinoza’s oeuvre and the Zhuangzi to reflect on some of our modern ambiguities and fears about our identity and place in the world. It concludes that both Spinoza and the Zhuangzi raise thorny questions about the implications of undermining the human-animal binary, while also prompting us to reflect on the curious task of decentering human perspectives through philosophical works, which admittedly are only intended for a human audience. Ultimately, embarking on such a task indicates a profound level of investment in humanity, no matter how much one feigns nonchalance about it.
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York