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This study advances contemporary postmodern/poststructural critical
theory, literary criticism in particular, with the help of
Mahayana-especially Ch'an/Seon (Chinese and Korean Zen)-Buddhist
thought. The quest for the infinity of the Other (West) and
Emptiness or the true I (East) contributes to the exploration of
the contemporary critical issues of ethics and infinity. Such an
approach will awaken our sense of unrepresented, genuine
transcendence and immanence; The Buddhist Emptiness shows us the
absolute Other illuminated on a vaster scale. The theory section
explores and links Eastern and Western philosophies, switching
between the two. While discussing in depth Hegel, Nietzsche,
Heidegger, Derrida, Levinas, Lacan, Deleuze, and Nancy, this study
gradually guides the reader from the contemporary Western thought
on the Other and infinity to the Buddhist vision of Emptiness, the
ultimate reality. To overcome the dualistic mode of thought
inherent in tradition of Western metaphysics, this exploration
follows the line that observes Nagarjuna and the imprint of Ch'an
teachings that are most prevalent in South Korean Buddhism. The
last three chapters demonstrate a Levinasian and Seon Buddhist
approach to the book of Job, part of the Judeo-Christian Bible, as
being a more literary than religious text, and the excess of the
Gothic mood in the two most distinguished and widely celebrated
novels-Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The
three texts compel readers to confront the infinity of the absolute
Other or Emptiness. The Grand Prize Winner of the 7th Wonhyo
Academic Awards from the Korean Buddhism Promotion Foundation.
This study advances contemporary postmodern/poststructural critical
theory, literary criticism in particular, with the help of
Mahayana-especially Ch'an/Seon (Chinese and Korean Zen)-Buddhist
thought. The quest for the infinity of the Other (West) and
Emptiness or the true I (East) contributes to the exploration of
the contemporary critical issues of ethics and infinity. Such an
approach will awaken our sense of unrepresented, genuine
transcendence and immanence; The Buddhist Emptiness shows us the
absolute Other illuminated on a vaster scale. The theory section
explores and links Eastern and Western philosophies, switching
between the two. While discussing in depth Hegel, Nietzsche,
Heidegger, Derrida, Levinas, Lacan, Deleuze, and Nancy, this study
gradually guides the reader from the contemporary Western thought
on the Other and infinity to the Buddhist vision of Emptiness, the
ultimate reality. To overcome the dualistic mode of thought
inherent in tradition of Western metaphysics, this exploration
follows the line that observes Nagarjuna and the imprint of Ch'an
teachings that are most prevalent in South Korean Buddhism. The
last three chapters demonstrate a Levinasian and Seon Buddhist
approach to the book of Job, part of the Judeo-Christian Bible, as
being a more literary than religious text, and the excess of the
Gothic mood in the two most distinguished and widely celebrated
novels-Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The
three texts compel readers to confront the infinity of the absolute
Other or Emptiness. The Grand Prize Winner of the 7th Wonhyo
Academic Awards from the Korean Buddhism Promotion Foundation.
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