[Buddha-l] RE: REVIEW O'Leary on Wang, ed., _Deconstruction and the Ethical_

[jkirk]

X-posted--in case someone might find this review of interest
Joanna K.
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H-ASIA
June 3, 2008

Book Review (orig. pub. H-Buddhism) by Joseph S.O'Leary on Youru
Wang, ed. _Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Religion and
Philosophy_

Youru Wang, ed. _Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Religion
and Philosophy_. London: Routledge, 2007. xiv + 252 pp. Index.
$160.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-77016-3.

Reviewed for H-Buddhism by Joseph S. O'Leary, Department of
English Literature, Sophia University

The early, brilliant books of Jacques Derrida sparked a
revolution in the humanities. Their most notable impact in the
field of Buddhist studies was in connection with Madhyamaka
thought, which suddenly assumed a new look as an ancient form of
Deconstruction. I think of Robert Magliola's pioneering 1984
book, Derrida on the Mend (see
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/221.pdf
) and Youxuan Wang's expert study of 2001, _ Buddhism and
Deconstruction _
(see
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/683.pdf
). 

The later works of Derrida, which often focused on ethical
issues, did not have the same wide impact............... 

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review
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