Park, Jin Y. ed., Buddhisms and Deconstructions

摘要

Robert Magliola’s Derrida on the Mend (West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 1984) isnrecognized by many as the comparative spark that initiated the emergence of contemporarynBuddhology’s fascination with Derrida’s deconstructive project. The intellectual lure of thisncomparison has continued unabated for over two decades and remains a common theme ofnacademic discussion within many Buddhist Studies departments throughout the world.nBuddhisms and Deconstructions provides readers interested in this field with 13 essaysnfrom current scholarship, plus an afterword by Magliola, responding to a number of thenpapers included in the volume. Growing out of a panel discussion entitled “Buddhism,nDeconstruction, and the Works of Robert Magliola,” held at the Twenty-second AnnualnConference of the International Association for Philosophy and Religion, the collection isnan important resource for those who are interested in following the ongoing development ofnthis trend in scholarship, but it could also serve as an accessible introduction to an oftenndifficult subject. Essays included in the beginning of the book cover important introductorynmaterial, and later essays cover a wide range of pertinent topics from scholars in the diversenfields of Indian, Chinese, Korean, and Tibetan thought, phenomenology, existentialism, andnpost-structuralism. Those already familiar with this field of comparison may not find a greatndeal of new ground traversed in the comparative possibilities of deconstruction andnBuddhist thought but will appreciate the detailed quality of analysis found within the variednthematic discussions of the essays included.