Reading Emptiness
Buddhism and Literature
Gebonden Engels 1999 9780791442616Samenvatting
Concludes that the closest thing in Western culture to the Middle Way of Buddhism is not any sort of theory or philosophy, but the practice of literature.
Reading Emptiness connects ancient Buddhist attitudes and ideas with postmodern theory and aesthetics, concluding that the closest thing in Western culture to the Middle Way of Buddhism is not any sort of theory or philosophy, but the practice of literature. The book draws on scholarship and criticism in literary theory, philosophy, and science to speculate about the possible common ground between literary and Buddhist practices, aiming not so much to elucidate the ancient traditions of Buddhism as to seek ways in which literature might be integrated into a truly Western practice of Buddhism that would remain philosophically true to its Eastern roots.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: (Anti-)Theory
1. Proust and the Bonsai Tree: Theories of Art Western and Eastern
2. Reading Emptiness: Proust with Nagarjuna and Dogen Zenji
3. The Karmic Text: Buddhism and Translation
Part 2: Practice
4. Lafcadio Hearn, Decadence, and the Dream of Buddhist Japan
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan