qi-dao-relation
A traditional Chinese metaphysical framework involving Qi (vital energy) and Dao (the Way), reinterpreted as a ground for a new episteme to engage with global technological development.
2 chapters across 1 book
The Question Concerning Technology in China (2019)Yuk Hui
Yuk Hui critiques the dominance of a capitalist-imposed global episteme that suppresses diverse cosmotechnical knowledge systems and calls for a new practice and knowledge that transcends the homogenizing global time-axis of modernity. He argues that locality must actively appropriate and transform global technological time through reinterpreting Chinese metaphysical concepts like Qi and Dao, envisioning a pluriversal cosmotechnics that fosters internal resonance between humans and technology and resists the entropic tendencies of capitalist globalization.
The chapter 'INDEX OF SUBJECTS' from Yuk Hui's 'The Question Concerning Technology in China' provides a comprehensive index of philosophical, cultural, and technological concepts central to the book's discourse. It emphasizes the interplay between Chinese and Western thought through key themes such as cosmotechnics, Daoism, Confucianism, Heideggerian ontology, and the philosophy of technology, while critically engaging with modernity, historicity, and technological unconsciousness within both Chinese and global contexts.