{"id":159797,"date":"2025-07-24T13:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=159797"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:57:05","slug":"instituting-gestures-inescapable-ways-derrida-and-zhuangzi-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strategies.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/instituting-gestures-inescapable-ways-derrida-and-zhuangzi-compared\/","title":{"rendered":"Instituting Gestures, Inescapable Ways: Derrida and Zhuangzi Compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>H\u00e9ctor G. Casta\u00f1o<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02-02<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract. <\/strong>For over 40 years, numerous scholars have engaged in comparing the philosophies of Zhuangzi and Derrida. These comparisons can either bring the two thinkers closer together or set them apart, depending on how the authors assess four key aspects: the central concepts employed by Derrida and Zhuangzi, their relationship to metaphysics, their writing styles, and the practical and therapeutic implications of their philosophies. A meta-analysis of these comparative efforts uncovers shared yet often unexamined assumptions that underpin the various comparisons. The repetition of these assumptions contributes to the consolidation of a set of fixed ideas regarding what connects and distinguishes Zhuangzi and Derrida, including their association with cultural identities shaped by philosophical nationalism. By reflecting on the insights of both Zhuangzi and Derrida regarding the processes of institutionalization within philosophy, this article argues that they both anticipated the deconstruction of the assumptions under which they have been compared.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keywords<\/em>: comparative philosophy; philosophical nationalism; philosophical institutions; deconstruction; Taoism<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/strategies.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H\u00e9ctor G. Casta\u00f1o National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02-02 Abstract. For over 40 years, numerous scholars have engaged in comparing the philosophies of Zhuangzi and Derrida. These comparisons can either bring the two thinkers closer together or set them apart, depending on how the authors assess four key aspects: the central concepts employed by Derrida [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":124332423427287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Instituting Gestures, Inescapable Ways: Derrida and Zhuangzi Compared - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/strategies.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/instituting-gestures-inescapable-ways-derrida-and-zhuangzi-compared\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Instituting Gestures, Inescapable Ways: Derrida and Zhuangzi Compared - \u0410\u0437-\u0431\u0443\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"H\u00e9ctor G. 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