Mystical consciousness : Western perspectives and dialogue with Japanese thinkers / Louis Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roy, Louis, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Philosophy, European--20th century.

Philosophy, European.

Philosophy, Japanese--20th century.

Philosophy, Japanese.

Zen Buddhism--Philosophy.

Zen Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides a philosophical account of everyday consciousness as a way of understanding mystical consciousness, drawing on the work of many Western and some Japanese thinkers.

Contents:

Intro

Mystical Consciousness

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: Western Philosophies of Consciousness

1. Major Contributions

BRENTANO

HUSSERL

SARTRE

LONERGAN

CONCLUDING REMARKS

2. Complementary Contributions

FROM INTENTIONALITY TO CONSCIOUSNESS: SEARLE

DEGREES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: CROSBY

FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS: HELMINIAK

THE AFFECTIVE SIDE: MORELLI

3. Accounts of Mystical Consciousness

FORMAN ON PURE CONSCIOUSNESS EVENTS

THE REALM OF TRANSCENDENCE ACCORDING TO LONERGAN

MOORE ON THE "HOW" OF CONSCIOUSNESS

PRICE ON BARE CONSCIOUSNESS

GRANFIELD ON THE MYSTICAL DIFFERENCE

PART II: Three Classics

4. Plotinus: Consciousness beyond Consciousness

A GRAND WORLDVIEW

INTELLECT'S SHARE IN THE GOOD

ORDINARY CONSCIOUSNESS

WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND CONSCIOUSNESS?

NO BLACKOUT AND YET NO SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

ECSTASY, OR ENSTASY?

5. Eckhart: When Human Consciousness Becomes Divine Consciousness

THE EMPTINESS OF THE HUMAN INTELLECT

NO AWARENESS

NOTHINGNESS

A DETACHED LOVE WITHOUT A WHY

IS THE SOUL EQUATED WITH GOD?

THE SOUL'S BREAKTHROUGH TO THE GODHEAD

6. Schleiermacher: Consciousness as Feeling

FEELING

PREREFLECTIVE AND REFLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCE

THREE KINDS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

PART III: A Dialogue with Zen Philosophy

7. Western Views of the Self

ARGUING AGAINST THE SELF

ARGUING FOR THE SELF

TRANSCENDING THE SELF

8. Japanese Views of the Self

SUZUKI

NISHITANI

9. Western Views of Nothingness

PLOTINUS AND ECKHART

HEIDEGGER

NISHITANI AS INTERPRETER OF PLOTINUS, ECKHART, AND HEIDEGGER

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

10. Japanese Views of Nothingness

NISHITANI'S APPROACH TO NIHILISM

NISHITANI'S CHARACTERIZATION OF "ABSOLUTE NOTHINGNESS"

HISAMATSU'S CHARACTERIZATION OF "ORIENTAL NOTHINGNESS"

Conclusion

Notes

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS

CHAPTER 2. COMPLEMENTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

CHAPTER 3. ACCOUNTS OF MYSTICAL CONSCIOUSNESS

CHAPTER 4. PLOTINUS: CONSCIOUSNESS BEYOND CONSCIOUSNESS

CHAPTER 5. ECKHART: WHEN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS BECOMES DIVINE

CHAPTER 6. SCHLEIERMACHER: CONSCIOUSNESS AS FEELING

CHAPTER 7. WESTERN VIEWS OF THE SELF

CHAPTER 8. JAPANESE VIEWS OF THE SELF

CHAPTER 9. WESTERN VIEWS OF NOTHINGNESS

CHAPTER 10. JAPANESE VIEWS OF NOTHINGNESS

CONCLUSION

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.

ISBN:

9781417506830

0-7914-8731-8

1-4175-0683-0

OCLC:

61367627