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Ethical Action through “Ambiguity” in Existentialism and Kanhwa Chan |
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Adamek, Wendi L.
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International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture=국제불교문화사상사학회
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| Volume | v.30 n.1 |
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| Date | 2020.06 |
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| Pages | 127 - 166 |
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| Publisher | International Association for Buddhist Thought and Culture |
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http://iabtc.org/
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| Location | Seoul, Korea [首爾, 韓國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Wendi L. ADAMEK is a professor in the Department of Classics and Religion at the University of Calgary and holder of the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies. |
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| Keyword | kanhwa; existentialism; ambiguity; Chan; Sŏn; Simone de Beauvoir |
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| Abstract | In this paper I explore resonances and disparities between “doubt” (yi 疑) as evoked in the dialectic of Chan “examining the topic” (kanhua 看話, Kor. kanhwa) practice, and the phenomenology of ambiguity that Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) explored in her early work The Ethics of Ambiguity. I take de Beauvoir as a voice from the turning point into modernity, and amplify its resonance with voices from the Chan/Sŏn tradition. Comparing the challenges de Beauvoir articulates with perspectives from Chan, I engage with the following perennially irresolvable postmodern questions: How might authentic grounding for ethical practice be argued while eschewing dualistic and objectifying universal propositions? Is it possible or desirable to be completely free from existential ambiguity and doubt in the world of consequential action? Or does one at best become free to make choices whose degree of skillfulness depends on the extent to which one recognizes the infinite tension of ambiguity? |
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| Table of contents | Abstract
Introduction 129
Phenomenology and Buddhist Resonances 130
De Beauvoir and Existential Ambiguity 135
Chan/Sŏn Practice of Doubt 142
De Beauvoir on Others, Action, and Violence 150
Conclusions 159
References 163 |
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| ISSN | 15987914 (P) |
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| DOI | 10.16893/IJBTC.2020.06.30.1.127 |
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| Created date | 2021.03.10 |
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| Modified date | 2021.03.10 |
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