Bewusstsein und Natursein

Written in German in the style of Goethe's eastward bid to engage a global dialogue, this volume of Cho traces the development of modern European philosophy from Nietzsche to Heidegger as an undercurrent that opens into a discretely veiled eco-ethical vista. Whether the refrain of "overcoming" consciousness is one of upending the Will to Power with more will to force it to sink of its own gravity, or one of renouncing the metaphysics of subjectivity to descend to the nameless depth for a new beginning, the suggestive power of Wu-Wei, the paradox of the Taoist action by non-action, has not missed its mark.