02517nam 2200577 450 991082832330332120230803202543.01-78023-325-6(CKB)3710000000115290(EBL)1693631(SSID)ssj0001253788(PQKBManifestationID)11697367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001253788(PQKBWorkID)11299349(PQKB)11158539(MiAaPQ)EBC1693631(Au-PeEL)EBL1693631(CaPaEBR)ebr10875747(CaONFJC)MIL615154(OCoLC)880531477(EXLCZ)99371000000011529020140611h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA philosophy of emptiness /Gay WatsonLondon, England :Reaktion Books,2014.©20141 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78023-285-3 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; A Philosophy of Emptiness; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Experience; Two: The Buddhist Philosophy of Sunyata; Three: Following the Tao; Four: Moving Westwards; Five: Philosophic Modernity; Six: Scientific Indeterminism; Seven: Artistic Emptiness; Eight: Empty Conclusions; References; Bibliography; AcknowledgementsWe often view emptiness as a negative condition, a symptom of depression, despair, or grief-an assessment furthered by authors like Franz Kafka or the existentialists, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Offering an alternative view, A Philosophy of Emptiness reclaims these hollow feelings as a positive and even empowering state, an antidote to the modern obsession with substance and foundation. Digging through early and non-Western philosophy, Gay Watson uncovers a rich history of emptiness. She travels from Buddhism, Taoism, and religious mysticism to the contemporary worlEmptiness (Philosophy)ExistentialismHistoryPhilosophyHistoryEmptiness (Philosophy)ExistentialismHistory.PhilosophyHistory.111.5Watson Gay1655397MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828323303321A philosophy of emptiness4007800UNINA