LEADER 02517nam 2200577 450 001 9910828323303321 005 20230803202543.0 010 $a1-78023-325-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000115290 035 $a(EBL)1693631 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001253788 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11697367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001253788 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11299349 035 $a(PQKB)11158539 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1693631 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1693631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10875747 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL615154 035 $a(OCoLC)880531477 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000115290 100 $a20140611h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA philosophy of emptiness /$fGay Watson 210 1$aLondon, England :$cReaktion Books,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78023-285-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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; Acknowledgements 330 $aWe 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 worl 606 $aEmptiness (Philosophy) 606 $aExistentialism$xHistory 606 $aPhilosophy$xHistory 615 0$aEmptiness (Philosophy) 615 0$aExistentialism$xHistory. 615 0$aPhilosophy$xHistory. 676 $a111.5 700 $aWatson$b Gay$01655397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828323303321 996 $aA philosophy of emptiness$94007800 997 $aUNINA