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Book Review: Cosmopolitanism, Creolization, and Non-Exceptionalist Buddhist Modernisms: On Evan Thompson’s Why I am Not A Buddhist |
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Hominh, Yarran (著)
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Nguyen, A. Minh (著)
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Comparative Philosophy
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| Volume | v.13 n.1 |
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| Date | 2022.01 |
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| Pages | 139 - 159 |
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| Publisher | The Center for Comparative Philosophy & University Library |
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| Location | California, US [加利福尼亞州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article; 書評=Book Review |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 1. HOMINH, YARRAN: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, Dartmouth College, USA.
2. NGUYEN, A. MINH: Professor of Philosophy, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. |
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| Keyword | Buddhist exceptionalism; Buddhist modernism; contextualism; cosmopolitanism; creolization; Evan Thompson; historicism; individualism; interpretive methodology; Jane Anna Gordon; Thich Nhat Hanh; reductionism; science-religion dialogue; scientism; Taixu |
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| Abstract | In his recent book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist, Evan Thompson argues that inter-tradition or cross-cultural philosophical dialogue ought to be governed by cosmopolitan conversational norms that do not subsume any one tradition’s deep commitments under those of any other tradition, but rather bring those commitments into the discussion so that they can be challenged and defended. He argues on this basis for the application of a deeply contextualist and historicist interpretive methodology to Buddhist texts, concepts, and theories in dialogue with philosophy and contemporary cognitive sciences. Buddhist modernism, in eschewing that deeply contextualist and historicist methodology, falls short of those cosmopolitan commitments. We argue that Thompson’s cosmopolitan commitments do not mandate the deeply contextualist and historicist methodology he recommends. As an alternative, we propose a creolizing methodology that finds value in mixing, reinterpreting, and reinventing cultural traditions and other forms of belonging to address the complex problems the world faces. We suggest that such a creolizing methodology can be found in other forms of Buddhist modernism than those Thompson criticizes. We provide, as two examples, the thought of the Chinese monk Taixu and the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 139
1. Cosmopolitan Conversation and Buddhist Modernism 141
2. Cosmopolitanism, Conversation, Creolization 145
3. Two Non-exceptionalist Buddhist Modernisms 150
Acknowledgements 155
References 155
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| ISSN | 21516014 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.31979/2151-6014(2022).130110 |
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| View book details | Why I Am Not a Buddhist. Thompson, Evan (著). New Haven, CT, US [紐哈芬市, 康乃狄克州, 美國]: Yale University Press, 2020.01.28. 240. 9780300264678. (pbk).; 9780300226553. (hc). / [ 全文 ] |
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| Created date | 2023.09.26 |
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| Modified date | 2023.12.14 |
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