[Buddha-l] Books of interest

[Jo]

http://www.universitymedia.org/Cult.html  

_The Cult of Emptiness : The Western Discovery of Buddhism and the Invention
of Oriental Philosophy_
by Urs App 

"This book presents a completely new vision of Europe's discovery of
Buddhism and for the first time describes the protagonists and most
influential sources of the early phase of this momentous encounter between
East and West" (Introduction).
"A most fascinating book ... App traces Western awareness of Buddhist
doctrinal ideas to the 16th [sic!] century, when missionaries encountered
Zen Buddhists in Japan, and demonstrates how over the next few centuries
these encounters and others spawned an awareness of philosophical /
doctrinal systems outside of the European tradition. The story of what
indeed was known and how that knowledge was used and manipulated is
absolutely amazing." (Prof. Jonathan Silk, Leiden University)

Just recently came across this publisher thanks to a message on Indology. 

Joanna