0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > Zen Buddhism

Buy Now

Nietzsche and Zen - Self Overcoming Without a Self (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,553
Discovery Miles 25 530
Nietzsche and Zen - Self Overcoming Without a Self (Hardcover): Andre van der Braak

Nietzsche and Zen - Self Overcoming Without a Self (Hardcover)

Andre van der Braak

Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,553 Discovery Miles 25 530 | Repayment Terms: R239 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

In Nietzsche and Zen: Self-Overcoming Without a Self, Andre van der Braak engages Nietzsche in a dialogue with four representatives of the Buddhist Zen tradition: Nagarjuna (c. 150-250), Linji (d. 860), Dogen (1200-1253), and Nishitani (1900-1990). In doing so, he reveals Nietzsche's thought as a philosophy of continuous self-overcoming, in which even the notion of "self" has been overcome. Van der Braak begins by analyzing Nietzsche's relationship to Buddhism and status as a transcultural thinker, recalling research on Nietzsche and Zen to date and setting out the basic argument of the study. He continues by examining the practices of self-overcoming in Nietzsche and Zen, comparing Nietzsche's radical skepticism with that of Nagarjuna and comparing Nietzsche's approach to truth to Linji's. Nietzsche's methods of self-overcoming are compared to Dogen's zazen, or sitting meditation practice, and Dogen's notion of forgetting the self. These comparisons and others build van der Braak's case for a criticism of Nietzsche informed by the ideas of Zen Buddhism and a criticism of Zen Buddhism seen through the Western lens of Nietzsche - coalescing into one world philosophy. This treatment, focusing on one of the most fruitful areas of research within contemporary comparative and intercultural philosophy, will be useful to Nietzsche scholars, continental philosophers, and comparative philosophers."

General

Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Release date: September 2011
First published: September 2011
Authors: Andre van der Braak
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-6550-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > Zen Buddhism
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > Zen Buddhism
LSN: 0-7391-6550-X
Barcode: 9780739165508

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Eyes of Compassion - Living with Thich…
Jim Forest Paperback R473 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920
Mindfulness - Walking with Jesus and…
Anabel Laity Paperback R385 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki Hardcover R493 Discovery Miles 4 930
The Religion of the Samurai - A Study of…
Kaiten Nukariya Hardcover R772 Discovery Miles 7 720
Alone in a World of Wounds
Shodhin K Geiman Hardcover R1,231 R992 Discovery Miles 9 920
A Year of Zen Mindfulness - Daily…
Alex Kakuyo Paperback R491 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180
Descending the Mountain - Returning to…
Gianna Giavelli Hardcover R931 Discovery Miles 9 310
Karma-Yoga Raja-Yoga
Swami Vivekananda Hardcover R546 Discovery Miles 5 460
Tales of the Pen Master - Zen Stories…
Jack Lyon Paperback R377 Discovery Miles 3 770
Tales of the Pen Master - Zen Stories…
Jack Lyon Hardcover R521 Discovery Miles 5 210
Stillpoint - Reflections From A Year On…
Barrett Martin Hardcover R766 Discovery Miles 7 660
How to Hold a Cockroach - A book for…
Matthew Maxwell Hardcover R657 Discovery Miles 6 570

See more

Partners