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A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics

Author : Fabio Rambelli
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441161961
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics written by Fabio Rambelli and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-western semiotic system. This book looks at Japanese esoteric Buddhism and is based around original texts, informed by explicit and rigorous semiotic categories. It is a unique introduction to important aspects of the thought and rituals of the Japanese Shingon tradition. Semiotic concerns are deeply ingrained in the Buddhist intellectual and religious discourse, beginning with the idea that the world is not what it appears to be, which calls for a more accurate understanding of the self and reality. This in turn results in sustained discussions on the status of language and representations, and on the possibility and methods to know reality beyond delusion; such peculiar knowledge is explicitly defined as enlightenment. Thus, for Buddhism, semiotics is directly relevant to salvation; this is a key point that is often ignored even by Buddhologists. This book discusses in depth the main elements of Buddhist semiotics as based primarily on original Japanese pre-modern sources. It is a crucial publication in the fields of semiotics and religious studies.

Buddhism and Deconstruction

Author : Dr Youxuan Wang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136845739
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Deconstruction written by Dr Youxuan Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumârajîva (344-413 CE), Paramârtha (499~569 CE) and Xuanzang (599~664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Mahâ-Prajñâpâramitâ-upadeúa-Úâstra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhâva-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.húataka-úâstra-kârika). Focusing its attention on the Mahâyâna Buddhist notion of samatâ, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.

Buddhism and Deconstruction

Author : Youxuan Wang
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700713868
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Deconstruction written by Youxuan Wang and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumârajîva (344-413 CE), Paramârtha (499 569 CE) and Xuanzang (599 664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Mahâ-Prajñâpâramitâ-upadeúa-Úâstra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhâva-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.húataka-úâstra-kârika). Focusing its attention on the Mahâyâna Buddhist notion of samatâ, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.

Buddhism and Linguistics

Author : Manel Herat
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319674137
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Linguistics written by Manel Herat and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings linguistics into contact with a millennia of works by Buddhist scholars. Examining the Buddhist contemplative tradition and its extensive writings from an interdisciplinary perspective, the authors bridge the gap between such customs and human language. To do so, they provide chapters on linguistics, history, religious studies, philosophy and semiotics. Uniting scholars from three different continents and from many disciplines and institutions, this innovative and unique book is sure to appeal to anyone interested in Buddhist traditions and linguistics.

Buddhism and Deconstruction

Author : Wang Youxuan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138862500
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Deconstruction written by Wang Youxuan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumârajîva (344-413 CE), Paramârtha (499~569 CE) and Xuanzang (599~664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Mahâ-Prajñâpâramitâ-upadeúa-Úâstra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhâva-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.húataka-úâstra-kârika). Focusing its attention on the Mahâyâna Buddhist notion of samatâ, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.

Semiotics of Smiling

Author : Marc Mehu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781472509963
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Semiotics of Smiling written by Marc Mehu and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oneof the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-westernsemiotic system. This book looks at Japanese esoteric Buddhism and is basedaround original texts, informed by explicit and rigorous semiotic categories. .Semiotic concerns are deeply ingrained in the Buddhist intellectual andreligious discourse, beginning with the idea that the world is not what itappears to be, which calls for a more accurate understanding of the self andreality. This in turn results in sustained discussions on the status oflanguage and representations, and on the possibility and methods to knowreality beyond delusion; such peculiar knowledge is explicitly defined asenlightenment. Thus, for Buddhism, semiotics is directly relevant to salvation;this is a key point that is often ignored even by Buddhologists. This bookdiscusses in depth the main elements of Buddhist semiotics as based primarilyon original Japanese pre-modern sources. It is a crucial publication in thefields of semiotics and religious studies.

Semiotics of Culture

Author : Irene Portis Winner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110823136
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Semiotics of Culture by : Irene Portis Winner

Download or read book Semiotics of Culture written by Irene Portis Winner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Semiotics of Culture".

Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism

Author : Christian K. Wedemeyer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231162413
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism written by Christian K. Wedemeyer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were “marginal” or primitive and situating them instead—both ideologically and institutionally—within larger trends in mainstream Buddhist and Indian culture. Critically surveying prior scholarship, Wedemeyer exposes the fallacies of attributing Tantric transgression to either the passions of lusty monks, primitive tribal rites, or slavish imitation of Saiva traditions. Through comparative analysis of modern historical narratives—that depict Tantrism as a degenerate form of Buddhism, a primal religious undercurrent, or medieval ritualism—he likewise demonstrates these to be stock patterns in the European historical imagination. Through close analysis of primary sources, Wedemeyer reveals the lived world of Tantric Buddhism as largely continuous with the Indian religious mainstream and deploys contemporary methods of semiotic and structural analysis to make sense of its seemingly repellent and immoral injunctions. Innovative, semiological readings of the influential Guhyasamaja Tantra underscore the text’s overriding concern with purity, pollution, and transcendent insight—issues shared by all Indic religions—and a large-scale, quantitative study of Tantric literature shows its radical antinomianism to be a highly managed ritual observance restricted to a sacerdotal elite. These insights into Tantric scripture and ritual clarify the continuities between South Asian Tantrism and broader currents in Indian religion, illustrating how thoroughly these “radical” communities were integrated into the intellectual, institutional, and social structures of South Asian Buddhism.

Mediation and Immediacy

Author : Jenny Ponzo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110690357
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Mediation and Immediacy written by Jenny Ponzo and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, like any other domain of culture, is mediated through symbolic forms and communicative behaviors, which allow the coordination of group conduct in ritual and the representation of the divine or of tradition as an intersubjective reality. While many traditions hold out the promise of immediate access to the divine, or to some transcendent dimension of experience, such promises depend for their realization as well on the possibility of mediation, which is necessarily conducted through channels of communication and exchange, such as prayers or sacrifices. An understanding of such modes of semiosis is therefore necessary even and especially when mediation is denied by a tradition in the name of the 'ineffability" of the deity or of mystical experience. This volume models and promotes an interdisciplinary dialogue and cross-cultural perspective on these issues by asking prominent semioticians, historians of religion and of art, linguists, sociologists of religion, and philosophers of law to reflect from a semiotic perspective on the topic of mediation and immediacy in religious traditions.

Signification in Language and Culture

Author : Harjeet Singh Gill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Signification in Language and Culture written by Harjeet Singh Gill and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles presented during the International Symposium on Signification in Buddhist and French Traditions held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Sept. 2001.

Signification in Buddhist and French Traditions

Author : Harjeet Singh Gill
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Signification in Buddhist and French Traditions written by Harjeet Singh Gill and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buddhism under Capitalism

Author : Richard K. Payne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350228354
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism under Capitalism written by Richard K. Payne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Buddhism has spread due to globalized capitalism, and explores how capitalism is also impacting Buddhists and Buddhism today. Edited by two leading scholars in Buddhist studies, the book examines how capitalism and neo-liberalism have shaped global perceptions of Buddhism, as well as specific local practices and attitudes. It examines the institutional practices that sustained the spread of Buddhism for two and a half millennia, and the adaptation of Buddhist institutions in contemporary, global economic systems-particularly in Europe and the United States over the last century and half. These innovative essays on the interfaces between Buddhism and capitalism will prompt readers to rethink the connection between Buddhism and secular society. Case studies include digital capitalism, tourism, and monasticism, and are drawn from the USA, Tibet, China, Japan, and Thailand.

Buddhist Theory of Meaning and Literary Analysis

Author : Rajnish Kumar Mishra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Theory of Meaning and Literary Analysis written by Rajnish Kumar Mishra and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Offers A Fresh Exposition Of The Buddhist Theory Of Meaning (Apohavada) Against The Backdrop Of Indian Linguistic Thought And Shows How This Theory Is Positioned Vis-A-Vis Current Issues And Assumptions In Language. Consists A Very Useful Glossary.

An Introduction to Applied Semiotics

Author : Louis Hébert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000760596
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Applied Semiotics written by Louis Hébert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Applied Semiotics presents nineteen semiotics tools for text and image analysis. Covering a variety of different schools and approaches, together with the author’s own original approach, this is a full and synthetic introduction to semiotics. This book presents general tools that can be used with any semiotic product. Drawing on the work of Fontanille, Genette, Greimas, Hébert, Jakobson, Peirce, Rastier and Zilberberg, the tools deal with the analysis of themes and action, true and false, positive and negative, rhythm narration and other elements. The application of each tool is illustrated with analyses of a wide range of texts and images, from well-known or distinctive literary texts, philosophical or religious texts or images, paintings, advertising and everyday signs and symbols. Each chapter has the same structure – summary, theory and application, making it ideal for course use. Covering both visual and textual objects, this is a key text for all courses in semiotics and textual analysis within linguistics, communication studies, literary theory, design, marketing and related areas.

Entangling Forms

Author : Floyd Merrell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110245582
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Entangling Forms written by Floyd Merrell and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume draws from Charles S. Peirce's pragmatic philosophy, as well as from diverse areas in contemporary arts and sciences, and certain facets of Buddhist philosophy – especially regarding notions of interconnectedness, self-organization, and co-participation of the knowing subject with her inner world, her socio-cultural world, and her physical environment. Contradictory, complementary, and coalescence are also fundamental watchwords, in addition to entanglement. 'Contradictory', since conflicts, clashes and inconsistencies there will always be, in spite attempts to resolve them. 'Complementarity', since poles of opposition can at least provisionally be resolved by mediation and moderation, however vaguely and ambiguously, such that consonance might emerge from dissonance, balance from imbalance, and accord from discord. And 'coalescence', since the union of disparities is an ongoing, and always incomplete, process; it is never fixed product. These concepts, along with the key word, entanglement, place Peirce in a new light, giving rise to new questions and possible responses from readers who are searching for alternate means of understanding in our increasingly complex, rapidly globalizing world.

Buddhism and Iconoclasm in East Asia

Author : Fabio Rambelli
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441145095
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and Iconoclasm in East Asia written by Fabio Rambelli and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Buddhism and iconoclasm in East Asia as part of a general theory of religious destruction.

Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality

Author : Birgit Kellner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110413140
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality written by Birgit Kellner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 2500 years, Buddhism was implicated in processes of cultural interaction that in turn shaped Buddhist doctrines, practices and institutions. While the cultural plurality of Buddhism has often been remarked upon, the transcultural processes that constitute this plurality, and their long-term effects, have scarcely been studied as a topic in their own right. The contributions to this volume present detailed case studies ranging across different time periods, regions and disciplines, and they address methodological challenges as well as theoretical problems. In addition to casting a spotlight on topics as diverse as the role of trade contacts in the early spread of Buddhism, the hybrid nature of religious practices in Japan or Indo-Tibetan relations in Tibetan polemical literature, the individual papers jointly raise the question as to whether there might be something distinct about how Buddhism steers and influences forms of cultural exchange, and is in turn shaped by modalities of cultural interaction throughout Asian, as well as global, history. The volume is intended to demonstrate the need for investigating transcultural dynamics more closely in the study of Buddhism, and to suggest new avenues for Buddhist Studies.