Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- PART I A Philosopher's Letter to President Xi Jinping: on the Meaning of Greatness -- Part II By the Law of the Living Cosmos: Shanghai Lectures on Ecological Civilization -- Introduction -- 1. What is wrong with the Western worldview? Is dualism the problem? -- 2. Is overcoming dualism enough? Or is a holistic perspective also required? -- 3. But is holistic theory even possible? What does it mean to know the world holistically? -- 4. Do we need to reinvent praxis to create an ecological civilization? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements
General Bibliography -- Index
Summary
The book sets out a prospectus for a new form of civilization patterned at every level to serve and sustain the biosphere. It calls on China to lead the world towards this new era by re-crafting its own civilization in accordance with its indigenous tap-root: Dao
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 13, 2023)
