Editor: Edward Y. J. Chung, Jea Sophia Oh
Author: Bongrae Seok, Chung Nam Ha, Don Baker, Edward Y J Chung, Hyo-dong Lee, Iljoon Park, Jea Sophia Oh, Joseph E Harroff, Lucy Hyekyung Jee, Sharon A Suh, Suk Gabriel Choi
Publisher: Palgrave, 2022
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This pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions.
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Contents
Introduction
- Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Philosophy and Religion | Edward Y. J. Chung, Jea Sophia Oh
Confucian Perspectives
- Moral Psychology of Emotion in Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Philosophical Debates on the Affective Nature of the Mind | Bongrae Seok
- The Idea of Gyeong/Jing 敬 in Yi Toegye’s Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Availability in Contemporary Ethical Debate | Suk Gabriel Choi
- Yi Yulgok on the Role of Emotions in Self-cultivation and Ethics: A Korean Confucian and Comparative Interpretation | Edward Y. J. Chung
- Dasan Jeong Yagyong on Emotions and the Pursuit of Sagehood | Don Baker
Comparative Perspectives
- Thinking Through the Emotions with Korean Confucianism: Philosophical Translation and the Four-Seven Debate | Joseph E. Harroff
- Jeong (情), Civility, and the Heart of a Pluralistic Democracy in Korea | Hyo-Dong Lee
- Korean Social Emotions: Han (한 恨), Heung (흥 興), and Jeong (정 情) | Iljoon Park
Contemporary Perspectives
- Hanmaeum, One Heart-mind: A Korean Buddhist Philosophical Basis of Jeong (情) | Lucy Hyekyung Jee
- Resentment and Gratitude in Won Buddhism | Chung Nam Ha
- Jeong and the Interrelationality of Self and Other in Korean Buddhist Cinema | Sharon A. Suh
- Emotions (Jeong 情) in Korean Confucianism and Family Experience: An Ecofeminist Perspective | Jea Sophia Oh
Conclusion
- The Diversity, Dynamics, and Distinctiveness of Korean Jeong | Edward Y. J. Chung, Jea Sophia Oh