The Formless Self
Gathering and interpreting material that is not readily available elsewhere, this book discusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisamatsu, and Nishitani. Stambaugh develops ideas about the self culminating in the concept of the Formless Self as formulated by Hisamarsu in his book The Fullness of Nothingness and the essay "The Characteristics of Oriental Nothingness," and further explicated by Nishitani in his book Religion and Nothingness. These works show that...
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Gathering and interpreting material that is not readily available elsewhere, this book discusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisamatsu, and Nishitani. Stambaugh develops ideas about the self culminating in the concept of the Formless Self as formulated by Hisamarsu in his book The Fullness of Nothingness and the essay "The Characteristics of Oriental Nothingness," and further explicated by Nishitani in his book Religion and Nothingness. These works show that Oriental nothingness has nothing to do with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western concept of nihilism. Instead, it is a positive phenomenon, enabling things to be. Booknews Discusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisamatsu, and Nishitani, and develops ideas about the self culminating in the concept of the Formless Self the three articulated. Stambaugh (philosophy, City U. of New York) finds that Oriental nothingness has nothing to do with the western concept of nihilism as expressed in the 19th and 20th centuries, but is a positive phenomenon enabling things to be. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
PrefaceIntroduction1Dogen1The Question of the Self1Activity of the Self5The Self as Illusion and Enlightenment14The Self as Buddha-nature21Temporality and Impermanence282Hisamatsu55Dialogues with Tillich55Oriental Nothingness71The Formless Self81"Critique of the 'Unconscious'"923Nishitani99The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism99Religion and Nothingness101Conclusion165Notes167Index173
\ BooknewsDiscusses the thought of the Japanese Buddhist philosophers Dogen, Hisamatsu, and Nishitani, and develops ideas about the self culminating in the concept of the Formless Self the three articulated. Stambaugh (philosophy, City U. of New York) finds that Oriental nothingness has nothing to do with the western concept of nihilism as expressed in the 19th and 20th centuries, but is a positive phenomenon enabling things to be. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)\ \
