TY - JOUR
AU1 - Moeller, Hans-Georg
AB - <p>Abstract:</p><p>This essay suggests an alternative reading of the “Cook Ding” story in the <i>Zhuangzi</i> as a critique of political ritual in early China and of the violent domestication regime it represents. The story satirically reverses the ritual invisibilization of a slaughter of humans and beasts. It parodies a murderous “royal way of life” by having a butcher perform a ritual slaughter in front of a ruler.</p>
TI - The King’s Slaughterer—or, The Royal Way of Nourishing Life
JF - Philosophy East and West
DA - 2020-02-21
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-hawai-i-press/the-king-s-slaughterer-or-the-royal-way-of-nourishing-life-BRXbWCQrFS
SP - 155
EP - 173
VL - 70
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -