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Comparing Husserl's phenomenology and Chinese Yogācāra in a multicultural world : a journey beyond orientalism /

While phenomenology and Yogacara Buddhism are both known for their investigations of consciousness, there exists a core tension between them: phenomenology affirms the existence of essence, whereas Yogacara Buddhism argues that everything is empty of essence (svabhava). How is constructive cultural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Jingjing (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2022].
Subjects:
Husserl, Edmund, > 1859-1938.
Yogācāra (Buddhism)
Phenomenology > Comparative studies.
Essentialism (Philosophy) > Comparative studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: The Journey. Overcoming orientalism with multiculturalism
  • Contextualizing Chinese Yogacara
  • Contextualizing Husserl's phenomenology
  • Part Two: The Road. Intentionality in Husserl's phenomenology
  • Intentionality in Chinese Yogacara
  • Intentionality and Non-Conceptualism
  • Part Three: The Tracks. Essence in Husserl's phenomenology
  • Essence in Chinese Yogacara
  • Essence in Comparative Philosophy
  • Part Four: the Destination. The gate of practice
  • the path towards awakening
  • Revisiting the process of awakening
  • Epilogue.