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Buddhisms and Deconstructions
by: Jin Y. Park (Author, Editor)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Publication Date: 2011/4/30
Language: English
Print Length: 290 pages
ISBN-10: 8120833864
ISBN-13: 9788120833869
Book Description
Until recently, East-West comparative philosophy has been at best sporadic gestures marked by an imbalance in the way the Easte and Weste ideas were presented. A rather unsuccessful patte in comparison was partly due to the socio-political and historical relationship between the East and West. The philosophical orientation of the West's Continental metaphysical thinking and the nature of the project of modeity and enlightenment have also played a significant role in creating this patte. It would be premature to say that such a practice has completely disappeared. However, along with the emergence of nonsubstantialist philosophy in the West, a new direction in comparative philosophy is definitely on the horizon. Buddhisms and Deconstructions, with its acknowledgment of the plurality of both Buddhist traditions and deconstructive philosophy, is an attempt to mark such a change. The thirteen essays in this volume attest to a new relationship between Easte and Weste thought, expand the scope of our understanding of each philosophical tradition, and thus offer a new framework for both.
About the Author
Until recently, East-West comparative philosophy has been at best sporadic gestures marked by an imbalance in the way the Easte and Weste ideas were presented. A rather unsuccessful patte in comparison was partly due to the socio-political and historical relationship between the East and West. The philosophical orientation of the West's Continental metaphysical thinking and the nature of the project of modeity and enlightenment have also played a significant role in creating this patte. It would be premature to say that such a practice has completely disappeared. However, along with the emergence of nonsubstantialist philosophy in the West, a new direction in comparative philosophy is definitely on the horizon. Buddhisms and Deconstructions, with its acknowledgment of the plurality of both Buddhist traditions and deconstructive philosophy, is an attempt to mark such a change. The thirteen essays in this volume attest to a new relationship between Easte and Weste thought, expand the scope of our understanding of each philosophical tradition, and thus offer a new framework for both.
