caa a22 4500 60617267X CHVBK 20210128100729.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11059-015-0309-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11059-015-0309-6 Brooks Jessica University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia aut Writing beyond borders: Derrida, Heidegger, and Zhuangzi in Brian Castro's After China [Elektronische Daten] [Jessica Brooks] As is well recognised, the issue of cultural hybridity is central to the work of Australian author Brian Castro who is also of Chinese, Portuguese and English descent. As a writer it is perhaps no wonder that Castro is also deeply concerned with the ways in which language, and particular language systems such as Chinese and English, construct identity. He is in good company, as such metalinguistic skepticism has been a central tenet of Eastern and Western philosophical traditions for centuries. Castro's novel After China draws attention to the complicated reality of cross-cultural influence and comparative philosophy by opening a dialogue between Eastern philosophers Laozi and Zhuangzi and Western thinkers such as Derrida and Heidegger. In doing so, Castro not only demonstrates the creative potential of cross-cultural fertilization but also explores the idea of ‘cultural hybridity' in much greater depth by questioning the ontological implications of such cross-cultural hermeneutics. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2015 Australian literature nationallicence Hybridity nationallicence Heidegger nationallicence Derrida nationallicence Zhuangzi nationallicence Chuang Tzu Laozi nationallicence Crosscultural nationallicence Chinese nationallicence Daoism nationallicence Taoism nationallicence Brian Castro nationallicence After China nationallicence Neohelicon Springer Netherlands 42/2(2015-12-01), 625-638 0324-4652 42:2<625 2015 42 11059 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-015-0309-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-015-0309-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Brooks Jessica University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neohelicon Springer Netherlands 42/2(2015-12-01), 625-638 0324-4652 42:2<625 2015 42 11059