{"product_id":"reading-emptiness-jeff-humphries-9780791442623","title":"Reading Emptiness: Buddhism and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConcludes that the closest thing in Western culture to the Middle Way of Buddhism is not any sort of theory or philosophy, but the practice of literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Emptiness connects ancient Buddhist attitudes and ideas with postmodern theory and aesthetics, concluding that the closest thing in Western culture to the Middle Way of Buddhism is not any sort of theory or philosophy, but the practice of literature. The book draws on scholarship and criticism in literary theory, philosophy, and science to speculate about the possible common ground between literary and Buddhist practices, aiming not so much to elucidate the ancient traditions of Buddhism as to seek ways in which literature might be integrated into a truly Western practice of Buddhism that would remain philosophically true to its Eastern roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Humphries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791442624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791442623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.90w x 0.43d","brand":"Jeff Humphries","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927759048959,"sku":"9780791442623","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56b40e9c-e6fa-467f-81f2-39c10eb4e8f3.jpg?v=1749372875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-emptiness-jeff-humphries-9780791442623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}