Philosophy, Buddhist; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines; Philosophy -- History -- 20th century
摘要
Drawing on Zen as well as on Nietzsche's thought and its ramifications in and for western culture, this book is a fervent call for a re-visioning of philosophy as vocation. The author is critical of the status quo and committed to intellectual integrity; the result is a creative and adventurous enterprise which is no longer exclusively identified with academia or with the methodology of logic. Filtered through Nietzsche's hammer -- by which he sounded out gods old and new -- Buddhism in the West can avoid the pitfalls which emerged during its gestation period in the twentieth century: otherworldly spiritualism, conservatism, denial of the body. The philosophy of European Zen advocated by Manu Bazzano in 'Buddha is Dead: Nietzsche and the Dawn of European Zen' is an unconditional affirmation of living and dying to their fullest. It is an extraordinary fertile viewpoint that will be appreciated by all those who are interested in Eastern philosophy and religions, and who seek life-affirming wisdom.
After a Preface (and Precaution), Acknowledgments and Introduction, the text comprises one hundred and eighty-eight sections, divided into six parts. No gain is to be made by writing out the names of the eighty-eight sections, for their titles are too obtuse to be of use at this point in the exploration. The most that can be said in this description of the contents is that the final section deals with Happiness, which should be incentive enough to begin reading.
目次
Part One Mission: Untimely The True Task of Philosophy II Great Doubt and the Death of God III Will to Power as Generosity IV Enigma Variations: Time and the Eternal Return V Beyond the Dream of Change: Towards a Zen Psychology VI On True Dwelling VII The True Man of no Rank and the Innocence of Becoming Notes Bibliography Index
