Comparative theories of nonduality : the search for a middle way / Milton Scarborough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scarborough, Milton, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dualism.

Jewish philosophy.

Buddhist philosophy.

Philosophy, European.

Philosophy, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comparative Theories of Nonduality: The Search for a Middle Way is a constructive work in comparative philosophy. It is a commonplace that while Asia is nondualistic, the West, because of its uncritical reliance on Greek-derived intellectual standards, is dualistic. Dualism is a deep-seated habit of thinking and acting in all spheres of life through the prism of binary opposites, a defense mechanism like fangs and claws that leads to paralyzing practical and theoretical difficulties. Asia can provide no assistance for the foreseeable future because the West finds Asian nondualism, especially t

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Western Dualism and Buddhist Nondualism; Chapter 2: Hebrew Pre-philosophical Nondualism; Chapter 3: Hebrew Nondualism and Social Reality; Chapter 4: From Omniscience to Ignorance; Chapter 5: A Western, Nondual Epistemology; Chapter 6: Nondual Self and Other; Chapter 7: Nondual Immanence and Transcendence; Chapter 8: Setting Out In and Toward the Middle; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.

ISBN:

9786612873379

9781282873377

1282873377

9781441119575

1441119574

OCLC:

676696385