Taoism and Ecology
June 5-8, 1998
- Opening Sessions
- Beginning Orientations
- Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Historical Context, I
- Roundtable Discussion on Taoism and Ecology
- Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Historical Context, II
- Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Cultural Context
- Plenary Session: A Taoist and Confucian Dialogue about Ecology
- Concluding Speculations
Opening Sessions
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Lawrence Sullivan, Director, CSWR
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Bucknell University, Conference Series Coordinators
Norman Girardot, Lehigh University and Livia Kohn, Boston University, co-conveners for the Taoism Conference
Keynote address:
Kristofer Schipper, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, and University of Leiden - Taoist Ecology: The Inner Transformation. A Study of the Precepts of the Early Taoist Ecclesia
Beginning Orientations: Questions and Answers
Chair - Norman Girardot
Jordan Paper, York University - “Taoism” and “Deep Ecology:” Fantasy and Potentiality
Respondent - Julian Pas, University of Saskatchewan
Michael LaFargue, University of Massachusetts, Boston - “Nature” As Part of the Human-Cultural World in Taoist Thought
David Hall, University of Texas, El Paso - From Reference to Deference: Taoism and the Natural World - Read by: Roger Ames, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Respondent - Russell Goodman, University of New Mexico
Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Historical Context, I
Chair - Livia Kohn
Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia - “Life,” “Nature,” and “Responsible (Non-)Action:” Perspectives from the Neiye, Zhuangzi, and Taode Jing
Respondent - Lisa Raphals, Bard College
Liu Xiaogan, National University of Singapore - Non-action (Wuwei) and the Environment Today: Conceptual and Applied Study of Laozi's Philosophy
Respondent - James Miller, Boston University
Robert F. Campany, Indiana University - Ingesting the Marvelous: The Taoist's Relationship to Nature According to Ge Hong, 283-343 C.E.
Respondent - Edward Davis, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Roundtable Discussion on Taoism and Ecology by Taoist Practitioners
Moderator- Livia Kohn, Boston University
Participants:
Charles Belyea, Orthodox Taoism in America
Vincent Chu, Gin Soon T'ai Chi Club
Weidong Lu, New England School of Acupuncture
Rene Navarro, International Healing Tao Center
Dan Seitz, New England School of Acupuncture
Linda Varone, Dragon and Phoenix Feng Shui
Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Historical Context, II
Chair - Norman Girardot, Lehigh University
Lai Chi-tim, Chinese University of Hong Kong - A Study of the Concept of Zhong-he, Central Harmony in the Taiping Jing: Human Responsibility for the Maladies of Nature
Respondent - Richard Wang, University of Chicago
Toshiaki Yamada, Toyo University, Tokyo - Pantheism and the Respect for Natural Beauty in Taoism
Respondent - Franciscus Verellen, Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, Paris
Thomas Hahn, University of Heidelberg - Wild Thoughts: On Taoist Notions of Wilderness
Respondent - Terry Kleeman, College of William and Mary
Taoism and Ecological Concerns in Cultural Context
Chair - Livia Kohn, Boston University
Jeffrey Meyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte - Taoist Chinese Gardens as Ecological Texts
Respondent - Robert Weller, Boston University
Chu Ron Guey, Academia Sinica, Taipei - Chinese Geomancy in Environmental Perspective
Respondent - Peter Nickerson, Duke University
E. N. Anderson, University of California, Riverside - Flowering Apricot: Environmental Practice, Folk Religion, and Taoism
Respondent - John Patterson, Massey University, New Zealand
Plenary Session: A Taoist and Confucian Dialogue about Ecology
Moderator - Mary Evelyn Tucker, Bucknell University
Kristofer Schipper, University of Leiden, in conversation with Tu Weiming, Harvard University
Concluding Speculations
Chair - Norman Girardot, Lehigh University
Anne Birdwhistell, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey - The Ecology Question in Taoism: Can Ancient Texts Speak to Contemporary Issues?
Respondent - Michael Puett, Harvard University
Roger Ames, University of Hawaii, Manoa - The Local and Focal in Realizing a Taoist World
Respondent - Paul Kjellberg, Whittier College
Jonathan Herman, Georgia State University - Taoist Environmentalism in the West: Ursula Le Guin's Transmission of Taoism
Respondents - J. P. Seaton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Ursula Le Guin, Portland, Oregon