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Autore: | Watson Gay |
Titolo: | A philosophy of emptiness / / Gay Watson |
Pubblicazione: | London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina: | 111.5 |
Soggetto topico: | Emptiness (Philosophy) |
Existentialism - History | |
Philosophy - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Acknowledgements |
Sommario/riassunto: | We 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | A philosophy of emptiness |
ISBN: | 1-78023-325-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910464724403321 |
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