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Working Emptiness
Toward a Third Reading of Emptiness in Buddhism and Postmodern Thought

Glass, Newman Robert

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Newman Robert Glass argues that there are three workings of emptiness capable of grounding thinking and behavior: presence, difference, and essence. The first two readings, exemplified by Heidegger and Mark C. Taylor respectively, present opposing views of the work of emptiness in thinking. The third, essence, presents a position on the work of emptiness in desire and affect. Glass begins by offering a close analysis of presence and difference. He then fashions his own understanding of essence, or emptiness. He goes on to use this third reading to construct a comprehensive Buddhist position based in desire and affect — a Buddhism of essence.

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  • Paperback
  • 146 Pages
  • Published: January 1995
  • ISBN: 0788500813
  • Series: Reflection & Theory in the Study of Religion

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