Henry, the Dragon Slayer
摘要
Moeller further delves into the “beyond comparative” aspects of Rosemont’s philosophy. He details what Littlejohn says about “making the texts live again.” In his first reaction to Rosemont’s last monograph, and arguably most important work, Against Individualism, Moeller first thought capitalism was the main target, and that it was a work on social justice. However, Rosemont himself was critical of Moeller’s reading and helped the latter understand that the major target is the foundational individualism that shapes more than just the economy. In certain parts of the world, everything, from family and all sorts of social and political relations to moral theory and religion, relies on a concept of individuality. What Rosemont offers, Moeller observes, is neither an outline of the spirit of the Confucian tradition nor a book on “comparative or cross-cultural philosophy.” Rosemont is a philosopher of selfhood and ethics. Insofar as he draws on Chinese and non-Chinese texts to reflect critically and systematically on contemporary issues, Henry Rosemont is a philosopher, and his philosophy is the very expression of going “beyond comparison.”