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A Yogacara Buddhist Theory of Metaphor (Hardcover)
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A Yogacara Buddhist Theory of Metaphor (Hardcover)
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Buddhist philosophy is fundamentally ambivalent toward language.
Language is paradoxically seen as both obstructive and necessary
for liberation. In this book, Roy Tzohar delves into the ingenious
response to this tension from the Yogacara school of Indian
Buddhism: that all language-use is metaphorical. Exploring the
profound implications of this claim, Tzohar makes the case for
viewing the Yogacara account as a full-fledged theory of meaning,
one that is not merely linguistic, but also applicable both in the
world as well as in texts. Despite the overwhelming visibility of
figurative language in Buddhist philosophical texts, this is the
first sustained and systematic attempt to present an indigenous
Buddhist theory of metaphor. By grounding the Yogacara
pan-metaphorical claim in a broader intellectual context, of both
Buddhist and non-Buddhist schools, the book uncovers an intense
philosophical conversation about metaphor and language that reaches
across sectarian lines. Tzohar's analysis radically reframes the
Yogacara controversy with the Madhyamaka school of philosophy,
sheds light on the Yogacara application of particular metaphors,
and explicates the school's unique understanding of experience.
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