Overview

This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumârajîva (344-413 CE), Paramârtha (499~569 CE) and Xuanzang (599~664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Mahâ-Prajñâpâramitâ-upadeúa-Úâstra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhâva-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.húataka-úâstra-kârika). Focusing its attention on the Mahâyâna Buddhist notion of samatâ, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.

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Author:   Youxuan Wang ,  Wang Youxuan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781138862500

ISBN 10:   1138862509
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   04 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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;

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'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

'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

'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

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Wang, Dr Youxuan; Youxuan, Wang

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