The Cult of Emptiness_ The Western Discovery of Buddhist Thought and the Invention of Oriental Philosophy

Urs App

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dc.contributor.author	Urs App	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-20T11:33:43Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-12-20T11:33:43Z	-
dc.date.issued	2012	-
dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-906000-09-1	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://tnt.ussh.edu.vn:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/773	-
dc.description	Whereas the discovery by Europeans of the continents of our earth has been the subject of countless studies and its protagonists (such as Columbus) are universally known, research on the European discovery of our globe's "spiritual continents" - its religions and philosophies - is still in its infancy. The Christian West's discovery of Asia's largest religion and fount of philosophies, Buddhism, is a case in point: though it triggered one of the most significant and influential spiritual and cultural encounters in world history, even the most basic questions remain unanswered. What did Europeans first learn about Buddhist thought? When and where did this discovery take place and who was involved in it? What kind of Buddhism did they study, how did they understand or misunderstand it, and what were the repercussions of such discoveries in Europe? Based on a wide range of sources in European and Asian languages, Urs App -- the author of The Birth of Orientalism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010) -- identifies the protagonists of the first Western encounter with Buddhism and shows how their interpretation of Buddhist doctrines led to the invention of a single "Oriental philosophy" reigning from Egypt to Japan: an atheist philosophy anchored in "nothingness" and "emptiness" that was revealed by the Buddha to his closest disciples on his deathbed. Leading thinkers of the Enlightenment came to regard this philosophy as the most ancient form of atheism, the ancestor of Greek philosophy, the precursor of Spinoza, and the fount of mysticism as well as countless heresies including monism, pantheism, quietism, and gnosticism.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Preface ; List of Figures 6 List of Tables ; PART I: SIXTEENTH CENTURY ; Chapter 1: Translation Hazards ; Chapter 2: The Zen Shock ; Chapter 3: The Buddha's Progress ; Chapter 4: Chaos and the God of Zen ; Chapter 5: Valignano's Lectures and Catechism ; Chapter 6: Buddhist Philosophy ; Chapter 7: God's Samadhi ; PART II: SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ; Chapter 8: Oriental Ur-Philosophy (Rodrigues) ; Chapter 9: Pan-Asian Religion (Kircher) ; Chapter 10: Buddha's Deathbed Confession ; Chapter 11: The Common Ground (Navarrete) ; Chapter 12: Pan-Asian Philosophy (Bernier) ; Chapter 13: The Merger (Le Clerc & Bernier) ; Chapter 14: From Pagan to Oriental Philosophy ; Chapter 15: Philosophical Archaeology (Burnet) ; Chapter 16: Zoroaster's Lie (Jacob Thomasius) ; Chapter 17: Ur-Spinozism (Bayle) ; Bibliography ; Index ;	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Preface 1 List of Figures 6 List of Tables 7 PART I: SIXTEENTH CENTURY 9 Chapter 1: Translation Hazards 11 Chapter 2: The Zen Shock 23 Chapter 3: The Buddha's Progress 33 Chapter 4: Chaos and the God of Zen 41 Chapter 5: Valignano's Lectures and Catechism 51 Chapter 6: Buddhist Philosophy 61 Chapter 7: God's Samadhi 77 PART II: SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 89 Chapter 8: Oriental Ur-Philosophy (Rodrigues) 91 Chapter 9: Pan-Asian Religion (Kircher) 111 Chapter 10: Buddha's Deathbed Confession 129 Chapter 11: The Common Ground (Navarrete) 145 Chapter 12: Pan-Asian Philosophy (Bernier) 161 Chapter 13: The Merger (Le Clerc & Bernier) 175 Chapter 14: From Pagan to Oriental Philosophy 187 Chapter 15: Philosophical Archaeology (Burnet) 199 Chapter 16: Zoroaster's Lie (Jacob Thomasius) 209 Chapter 17: Ur-Spinozism (Bayle) 219 Bibliography 239 Index 257	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University Media	en_US
dc.subject	Kinh điển và triết học phật giáo	en_US
dc.subject	Phật giáo nhập thế và các vấn đề xã hội đương đại	en_US
dc.subject	Lịch sử và văn hóa phật giáo	en_US
dc.title	The Cult of Emptiness_ The Western Discovery of Buddhist Thought and the Invention of Oriental Philosophy	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
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