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Jin Y. Park is assistant professor in the department of philosophy and religion at American University.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2
Chapter One: Buddhism and Deconstruction
Chapter 3 1. Naming the Unnameable: Dependant Co-arising and Différence
Chapter 4 2. Nagarjuna and Deconstruction
Chapter 5
Chapter Two: Buddhism Deconstructs
Chapter 6 3. Derridean and Madhyamika Buddhist Theories of Deconstruction
Chapter 7 4. Indra's Postmodern Net
Chapter 8
Chapter Three: Deconstructing Buddhism
Chapter 9 5. Deconstructive and Foundationalist Tendencies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Chapter 10 6. Ji Zang's Suynata-Speech: Derridean Denegation with Buddhist Negations
Chapter 11
Chapter Four: Chan/Zen Buddhist Deconstruction
Chapter 12 7. The Chan Deconstruction of Buddha Nature
Chapter 13 8. Sudao: Repeating the Question in Chan Discourse
Chapter 14
Chapter Five: Deconstructing Life-Worlds
Chapter 15 9. The Veil Rent in Twain: A Buddhist Reading of Robert Magliola's Deconstructive Chiasm
Chapter 16 10. emmanuel, robert
Chapter 17
Chapter Six: Questioning the Self, Questioning the Dialogue
Chapter 18 11. Sartre, Phenomenology and the Buddhist No-Self Theory
Chapter 19 12. Self and Self Image
Chapter 20 13. Zen Flesh, Bones and Blood: Deconstructing Inter-Religious Dialogue
Chapter 21 Afterword
Chapter 22 Selected Bibliography
Chapter 23 Glossary of Chinese Characters
Chapter 24 Credits
Chapter 25 Contributors
This set of essays crystallizes decades of important developments in the dialogue between Buddhism and post-modern thought, revealing their relevance to each other and to the future of philosophical reflection East and West.....
— John Makransky
These essays seriously engage the philosophical parallels between Buddhism and deconstruction in a manner that is both well-informed and largely free of jargon. In their depth and breadth, they deliver the kind of mutual elucidation that all philosophicaldialogue aspires to, without skirting the serious challenges of truly cross-cultural philosophizing. Buddhisms and Deconstructions helps us better appreciate the profound and subtle implications of the Buddhist notions of dependent arising, emptiness and the two truths, by bringing them together with deconstruction to address such problems as self and identity, language, and referentiality...
— William Waldron, department of religion, Middlebury College
It could serve as an accessible introduction to an often difficult subject.... Buddhisms and Deconstructions provide a number of enjoyable reads....and reveals, with much clarity and depth, a breadth of philosophical insight comparing Buddhist andDerridean thought....
— Victor Forte
The gem of this collection is Magliola's response...more intriguing are his replies, both positive and critical, to other essays in this book.....
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Buddhisms and Deconstructions generously provides us with an intriguing reading in search of a Middle Path that goes beyond all opposition and dualism, envisioning a mutual-enriching dialogue by way of cross-bordering, beyond all limits, categorizations, and self-enclosure....
— Vincent Shen, Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture, Department of Philosophy and Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto