Buddhism and Deconstruction: Towards a Comparative Semiotics

Youxuan Wang

Buddhism and Deconstruction: Towards a Comparative Semiotics

Centre for European & International Studies Research

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This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumârajîva (344-413 CE), Paramârtha (499~569 CE) and Xuanzang (599~664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Mahâ-Prajñâpâramitâ-upadeúa-Úâstra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhâva-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.húataka-úâstra-kârika). Focusing its attention on the Mahâyâna Buddhist notion of samatâ, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Number of pages	256
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-315-02856-9
ISBN (Print)	978-0-700-71386-8, 978-1-138-86250-0
Publication status	Published - 24 Aug 2001

Keywords

Buddhism
madhyamaka
deconstruction
semiotics

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