A philosophy of emptiness / / Gay Watson
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| Autore: |
Watson Gay
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| Titolo: |
A philosophy of emptiness / / Gay Watson
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| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910828323303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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