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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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polychrome |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword ; Preface; Introduction: The pursuit of signs; 1. Three grades of understanding in the Hīnayāna analytic system: A structural study of the list of seventy-five factors; 2. Undoing the Hīnayāna Onto-epistemological categories: A semiotic approach to the list of eighteen points about emptiness; 3. Three ways of looking at the un-arisen: The Same in Kumārajīva's Madhyamaka system; 4. Dialectic of construction and de-construction in the Vijñānavāda system: The Same in Paramārtha's Shèlùn system. |
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5. Deconstruction of time in Dharmapāla's commentary on Āryadeva's Treatise in Four Hundred Verses: The Same in Xuánzàng's Făxiàng system6. Three ways of looking at the un-arisen in French deconstruction: Derrida's conception of the Same; Afterword: Three semiotic models; Bibliography; Index. |
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This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumârajîva (344-413 CE), Paramârtha (499~569 CE) and Xuanzang (599~664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Mahâ-Prajñâpâramitâ-upadeúa-Úâstra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhâva-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.húataka-úâstra-kârika). Focusing its attention on the Mahâyâna Buddhist notion of samatâ, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions. |
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Kumārajīva, -412?
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Kumārajīva, -412? |
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Xuanzang, approximately 596-664.
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Xuanzang, approximately 596-664. |
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Paramārtha, 499-569.
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Paramārtha, 499-569. |
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Derrida, Jacques.
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Derrida, Jacques. |
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Semiotics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Semiotics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
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Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Buddhism -- Doctrines. |
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Buddhism -- China -- History.
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Buddhism. |
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China. |
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History. |
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Deconstruction.
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Critical theory.
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Deconstructivist. |
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Deconstruction. |
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critical theories (dialectical critiques) |
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Critical theory. |
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion. |
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History.
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Youxuan, Wang.
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Print version: Wang, Dr Youxuan. Buddhism and Deconstruction : Towards a Comparative Semiotics. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780700713868 |
| ISBN |
9781136845734 (electronic book) |
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1136845739 (electronic book) |
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1306580188 (e-book) |
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9781306580182 (e-book) |
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0700713867 |
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