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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press
ISBN-100791446549
ISBN-139780791446546
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Number of Pages321 Pages
Publication NameZen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy : Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking
LanguageEnglish
SubjectZen, Epistemology, History & Surveys / Modern
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorCarl Olson
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-058390
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"The book is fascinating! I was so excited by this work that I could hardly bear to put it down. Every page is replete with fresh insight. It is rare to discover a writer who is not only conversant, but also clearly expert in both the postmodern and Zen traditions. Olson's scholarship is impressive. His competent and detailed analyses elucidate both traditions. One can never approach either tradition in the same way again. "The book approaches representational dualism with penetration and depth, and helpfully illuminates both the postmodern and the Zen traditions. The issues it deals with are central both to the Western tradition of postmodernism and to the East Asian tradition of Zen Buddhism. Olson's book could easily become a standard in the field of comparative philosophy." -- Steven W. Laycock, author of Mind as Mirror and the Mirroring of Mind: Buddhist Reflections on Western Phenomenology
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal181/.043
Table Of ContentPreface 1. Signing In Eye to Eye A Work of Art Zen Buddhism and Postmodernism Comparative Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Dialogue 2. Language, Disruption, and Play Words and No Words Disruption Ludic Encounters and Dialogues Performative Language Silence Concluding Remarks 3. Ways of Thinking Withdrawal The Way The Call Waiting Releasement Concluding Remarks 4. Radical Skepticism and Doubt Necessity for Methodological Doubt Genealogy and Difference Deconstruction Schizoanalysis Semanalysis Concluding Remarks 5. The Body Body and World Body and Consciousness Body and Perception Time and Body Body, Limitation, and Boundary Symbol 6. The Self and Other Presence and Absence Decentered Kenosis and Zazen Altarity Concluding Remarks 7. Time and Death The Nature of Time Being and Time Experience of Time Death Divine Concluding Remarks 8. Nihilism and Metaphysics An Apology for Nihilism Reaction of Nishitani to Nihilism End of Philosophy Diff é rance, Difference, and Buddha-Nature Concluding Remarks 9. Signing Out The Present Simulacrum Past Dialogical Summary Results of Dialogue for Representational Thinking Zen Through the Prism of Postmodern Philosophy The End of a Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisCarl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. His previous books include The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison: A Cross-Cultural Encounter and The Theology and Philosophy of Eliade: A Search for the Centre. This book examines and compares the philosophical positions of various postmodern thinkers and Zen Buddhist philosophers on: language and play; modes of thinking; skepticism and doubt; self and other; time and death; nihilism and metaphysics; and the conception of the end of philosophy. The Zen thinkers dealt with are Dogen and Nishitani, and the Western thinkers are Derrida, Lacan, Heidegger, Lyotard, Foucault, Deleuze and Guatarri, Kristeva, and Levinas. Although each share similar notions concerning the shortcomings of representational thinking, major differences still exist. By clarifying these differences, Olson counters the tendency to overtly assert or covertly imply that postmodern and Zen philosophies are moving in the same direction. Some postmodern thinkers and Zen Buddhist philosophers share common philosophical ground with regard to a mutual philosophical attack and attempt to overcome the perceived shortcomings of the representational mode of thinking that conceives of the mind like a mirror and assumes a correspondence between appearance and reality that is supported by a metaphysical structure., Carl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. His previous books include The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison: A Cross-Cultural Encounter and The Theology and Philosophy of Eliade: A Search for the Centre., This book examines and compares the philosophical positions of various postmodern thinkers and Zen Buddhist philosophers on: language and play; modes of thinking; skepticism and doubt; self and other; time and death; nihilism and metaphysics; and the conception of the end of philosophy. The Zen thinkers dealt with are Dogen and Nishitani, and the Western thinkers are Derrida, Lacan, Heidegger, Lyotard, Foucault, Deleuze and Guatarri, Kristeva, and Levinas. Although each share similar notions concerning the shortcomings of representational thinking, major differences still exist. By clarifying these differences, Olson counters the tendency to overtly assert or covertly imply that postmodern and Zen philosophies are moving in the same direction. Some postmodern thinkers and Zen Buddhist philosophers share common philosophical ground with regard to a mutual philosophical attack and attempt to overcome the perceived shortcomings of the representational mode of thinking that conceives of the mind like a mirror and assumes a correspondence between appearance and reality that is supported by a metaphysical structure.
LC Classification NumberBQ9268.6.O46 2000
