Nothing: Three Inquiries in Buddhism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226233260)

Though contemporary European philosophy and critical theory have long had a robust engagement with Christianity, there has been no similar engagement with Buddhism--a surprising lack, given Buddhism's global reach and obvious affinities with much of Continental philosophy. This volume fills that gap, focusing on "nothing"--essential to Buddhism, of course, but also a key concept in critical theory from Hegel and Marx through deconstruction, queer theory, and contemporary speculative philosophy. Through an elaboration of emptiness in both critical and Buddhist traditions; an examination of the problem of praxis in Buddhism, Marxism, and psychoanalysis; and an explication of a "Buddhaphobia" that is rooted in modern anxieties about nothingness, Nothing opens up new spaces in which the radical cores of Buddhism and critical theory are renewed and revealed.


Author: Marcus Boon, Eric Cazdyn, Timothy Morton
ISBN-10: 022623326X
ISBN-13: 9780226233260
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2015
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2016