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The rise of China has been accompanied by a palpable need to understand the significance of this ascendance and project a vision of the world – a universalism – that does not reproduce the injustices of the earlier orders, whether under the empires or modern imperialism.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
The Legacy of Asia (1937) to Psychotherapy East and West
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
Wu argues that many see convenience as a form of liberation. People aim for “financial independence” only to realize when they achieve it that they’re only independent in the narrow sense of being able to pay for everything.
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
In China people trace their descent through their male parent. The male is visible, the female hidden. Lao-tzu is nourished by his mother (Tao) but follows his father (Te).
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
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Bob Flaws • The Tao of Healthy Eating
