Comparative theories of nonduality [[electronic resource] ] : the search for a middle way / / Milton Scarborough

• Autore: Scarborough Milton <1940->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 147.4
• Soggetto topico: Dualism; Jewish philosophy; Buddhist philosophy; Philosophy, European; Philosophy, Comparative
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Western Dualism and Buddhist Nondualism; Chapter 2: Hebrew Pre-philosophical Nondualism; Chapter 3: Hebrew Nondualism and Social Reality; Chapter 4: From Omniscience to Ignorance; Chapter 5: A Western, Nondual Epistemology; Chapter 6: Nondual Self and Other; Chapter 7: Nondual Immanence and Transcendence; Chapter 8: Setting Out In and Toward the Middle; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Comparative Theories of Nonduality: The Search for a Middle Way is a constructive work in comparative philosophy. It is a commonplace that while Asia is nondualistic, the West, because of its uncritical reliance on Greek-derived intellectual standards, is dualistic. Dualism is a deep-seated habit of thinking and acting in all spheres of life through the prism of binary opposites, a defense mechanism like fangs and claws that leads to paralyzing practical and theoretical difficulties. Asia can provide no assistance for the foreseeable future because the West finds Asian nondualism, especially t
• Titolo autorizzato: Comparative theories of nonduality
• ISBN: 1-282-87337-7; 9786612873379; 1-4411-1957-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816535503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II