A Critique of Western Buddhism
Glenn Wallis
A Critique of Western Buddhism Ruins of the Buddhist Real The author's critique of Western Buddhism is threefold. It is immanent, in emerging out of Buddhist thought but taking it beyond what it itself publicly concedes; negative, in employing the “democratizing” deconstructive methods of François Laruelle's non-philosophy; and re-descriptive, in applying Laruelle's concept of philofiction. Through applying resources of Continental philosophy to Western Buddhism, A Critique of Western Buddhism suggests a possible practice for our time, an "anthropotechnic", or religion transposed from its seductive, but misguiding, idealist haven.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part One
Introduction: Raise the Curtain on the Theater of Western Buddhism!
1. The Snares of Wisdom
2. Specters of the Real
3. First Names of the Buddhist Real
Part Two
4. Non-Buddhism
5. Immanent Practice
Part Three
6. Buddhofiction
7. Meditation in Ruin
Bibliography
Index
Product details
Published | Mar 19 2020 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 232 |
ISBN | 9781350155213 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |