Buddhism and Deconstruction

Towards a Comparative Semiotics

Youxuan Wang, Wang Youxuan

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English

Routledge
24 August 2001

Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Buddhism

This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumarajava (344-413 CE), Paramartha (499 569 CE) and Xuanzang (599 664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Maha-Prajaaparamita-upade.a- astra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhava-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.h.ataka-.astra-karika). Focusing its attention on the Mahayana Buddhist notion of samata, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.

By: Youxuan Wang, Wang Youxuan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9780700713868
ISBN 10: 0700713867
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 August 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The pursuit of signs; Chapter 1 Three grades of understanding in the H?nay?na analytic system: A structural study of the list of seventy-five factors; Chapter 2 Undoing the H?nay?na Onto-epistemological categories: A semiotic approach to the list of eighteen points about emptiness; Chapter 3 Three ways of looking at the un-arisen: The Same in Kum?raj?va’s Madhyamaka system; Chapter 4 Dialectic of construction and de-construction in the Vijñ?nav?da system: The Same in Param?rtha’s Shèlùn system; Chapter 5 Deconstruction of time in Dharmap?la’s commentary on ?ryadeva’s Treatise in Four Hundred Verses: The Same in Xuánzàng’s F?xiàng system; Chapter 6 Three ways of looking at the un-arisen in French deconstruction: Derrida’s conception of the Same; Chapter 7 Afterword: Three semiotic models;

Wang, Dr Youxuan; Youxuan, Wang

Reviews for Buddhism and Deconstruction: Towards a Comparative Semiotics

'All in all, this is an expert and often brilliant work.' -Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 'I found Wang's project most exciting and valuable...the book is an excellent addition to contemporary studies of Buddhist and comparative philosophy.' - Philosophy East and West