| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- pt. I. Deconstruction in the Zhuangzi and in Chan Buddhism -- 2. Understanding deconstruction through the Zhuangzi and Chan -- 3. Zhuangzi's dao deconstructs ... and Zhuangzi deconstructs his dao -- 4. The deconstruction of Buddha nature in Chan Buddhism -- pt. II. The liminology of language in the Zhuangzi and in Chan Buddhism -- 5. What is a liminology of language? -- 6. Zhuangzi's liminology of "speaking non-speaking" -- 7. The Chan contribution to the liminology of language -- pt. III. Pragmatics of indirect communication in the Zhuangzi and in Chan Buddhism -- 8. The displacement of indirect communication -- 9. The pragmatics of "goblet words": indirect communication in the Zhuangzi -- 10. The pragmatics of "never tell too plainly": indirect communication in Chan |
| Summary |
"As the first systematic attempt to probe the linguistic strategies of Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism, this book investigates three areas: deconstructive strategy, liminology of language, and indirect communication. It bases these investigations on the critical examination of original texts, placing them strictly within soteriological contexts." "While focusing on language use, the study also reveals some important truths about the two traditions, and the challenges many conventional understandings of them. Responding to recent critiques of Daoist and Chan Buddhist thought, it brings these traditions into a constructive dialogue with contemporary philosophical reflection. It "discovers" Zhuangzian and Chan perspectives and sheds light on issues such as the relationship between philosophy and non-philosophy, de-reification of words, relativizing of the limit of language, structure of indirect communication, and use of double negation, paradox, tautology, irony, and poetic language."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Zhuangzi
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| SUBJECT |
Zhuangzi fast |
| Subject |
Zen Buddhsim -- Doctrines
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Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Zen Buddhsim
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Taoism -- Doctrines
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Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Taosim
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RELIGION -- Taoism.
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Taoism -- Doctrines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203451147 |
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9780203451144 |
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0415868343 |
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9780415868341 |
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1280022655 |
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9781280022654 |
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1134429770 |
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9781134429776 |
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1134429762 |
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9781134429769 |
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