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Chan Insights and Oversights Paperback - 1996
by Faure, Bernard
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- Title Chan Insights and Oversights
- Author Faure, Bernard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition; S
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 340
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-12-01
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0691029024.G
- ISBN 9780691029023 / 0691029024
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.08 x 0.84 in (22.86 x 15.44 x 2.13 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92037150
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.392
First line
WESTERN attitudes toward Chinese and Japanese religions were formed largely from the descriptions given by Christian missionaries to those countries.
From the rear cover
Bernard Faure examines the study of Chan / Zen from the standpoint of postmodern human sciences and literary criticism, challenging this inversion of traditional 'Orientalist' discourse: whether the Other is caricatured or idealized, ethnocentric premises marginalize important parts of Chan thought.