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Bloomsbury Academic Cross-Cultural Existentialism: On the Meaning of Life in Asian and Western Thought

Name: Cross-Cultural Existentialism: On the Meaning of Life in Asian and Western Thought
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Expanding the scope of existential discourse beyond the Western tradition, this book engages Asian philosophies to reassess vital questions of lifes purpose, deaths imminence, and our capacity for living meaningfully in conditions of uncertainty. Inspired by European existentialism in theory, the book explores concrete techniques for existential practice via the philosophies of East Asia. The investigation begins with the provocative existential writings of twentieth-century Korean Buddhist nun Kim Iryop, who asserts that meditative concentration conducts a potent energy outward throughout the entire karmic network, enabling the radical transformation of our shared existential conditions. Understanding her claim requires a study of East Asian traditions more broadly. Considering practices as diverse as Song-dynasty Chinese views on mental cultivation, Buddhist merit-making ceremonies, the ritual memorization and recitation of texts, and Yijing divination, the book concludes by advocating a speculative turn. This speculative existentialism counters the suspicion toward metaphysics characteristic of twentieth-century European existential thought and, at the same time, advances a program for action. It is not a how-to guide for living, but rather a philosophical methodology that takes seriously the power of mental cultivation to transform the meaning of the life that we share.

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Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1350140015
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Philosophy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 17 September 2020
Listed Since: 23 December 2019

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