Submission Type
Special Issue (Convergence of Science and Spirituality)
Abstract
This article first critically examines the call to reenchant the world as it resonates within a middle space between science and mysticism and then connects key ideas from complexity theory and systems thinking on complex adaptive systems with two seminal Daoist texts: the Neiye (《內業》, Inner Cultivation), a proto-Daoist chapter from the Guanzi anthology (4th–3rd century B.C.E.), and the Huangting Jing (《黃庭經》, Yellow Court Scripture), a later Daoist classic (3rd–4th century C.E.). Through this dialogue, the article advocates a post-modern Daoist pedagogy through inner cultivation and autopoietic currere—an autopoietic process wherein curriculum emerges organically through participatory dialogue between structure and spontaneity, embodied as a cosmic dance with(in) the transcendent Dao.
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Recommended Citation
Yu, Jie and Liu, Jingyu
(2026)
"Toward a Post-Modern Daoist Pedagogy: Bridging Complexity and Dao through Inner Cultivation and Autopoietic Currere,"
Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education: Vol. 4:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/jche/vol4/iss2/5