Mou Zongsan's Self-Reversal and Heidegger's Other Beginning

Abstract

This article reveals that Mou Zongsan's notion of the self-reversal of moral reason manifests more signs of a Kantian dualism with regard to Chinese and Western traditions. In comparison, Heidegger's idea of the other beginning of the Western philosophical tradition has explored more deeply the problematics of modernity in reflecting on the sources of philosophy and its intimate bond with technology. Nevertheless, Heidegger also embraces a dualism in insisting that a dialogue with the East could only become possible after the West has accomplished its self-transformation.