A Comparative Study of ‘Existential Destitution’ in Pre-Qin Chinese Philosophy and Karl Jaspers in the Context of Homelessness in Hawai‘i.
A Comparative Study of ‘Existential Destitution’ in Pre-Qin Chinese Philosophy and Karl Jaspers in the Context of Homelessness in Hawai‘i.
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2018-05
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Morrow, Sydney M.
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This dissertation outlines comparative philosophical approaches to understanding the
contemporary problem of homelessness in Hawaiʻi. It also offers a methodology for an applied
comparative philosophical project. I provide examples of specific contributors to the problem of
homelessness and bring in various Chinese and Western sources that contribute ways of
understanding and contextualizing this issue. I build the themes successively from the necessity
of constitutive interpersonal relationships, to the supportive and nurturing relationships among
people and their natural surroundings, to the psychological response necessary to promote
sympathy and solidarity, to a broad and inclusive awareness of the world. At each stage, I bring
in my formulation of existential destitution to define and describe how these types of flourishing
may fail to come about.
Description
This dissertation outlines comparative philosophical approaches to understanding the
contemporary problem of homelessness in Hawaiʻi. It also offers a methodology for an applied
comparative philosophical project. I provide examples of specific contributors to the problem of
homelessness and bring in various Chinese and Western sources that contribute ways of
understanding and contextualizing this issue. I build the themes successively from the necessity
of constitutive interpersonal relationships, to the supportive and nurturing relationships among
people and their natural surroundings, to the psychological response necessary to promote
sympathy and solidarity, to a broad and inclusive awareness of the world. At each stage, I bring
in my formulation of existential destitution to define and describe how these types of flourishing
may fail to come about.
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Chinese Philosophy,
Homelessness,
Karl Jaspers
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