Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy: Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking...

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Carl Olson

Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy

Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking

Carl Olson

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State Univ New York Press
01 October 2000

Philosophy; History of Western philosophy; Zen Buddhism

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.

By: Carl Olson
Imprint: State Univ New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9780791446546
ISBN 10: 0791446549
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 October 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 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 Differance, 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

Reviews for Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy: Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking

""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