Understanding Buddhism - Softcover

Jacobson, Nolan Pliny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809312255 ISBN 13: 9780809312252

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986

Synopsis

Jacobson presents Buddhism unen­cumbered by Western categories and concepts, free from the cognitive bias, from the concept-oriented, definition-minded preoccupations inherited from the ancient Greeks. It is an interpreta­tion of the central ideas that have charac­terized all forms of Buddhism for 25 centuries.

 

Kenneth K. Inada notes that Jacobson has explored a field with authority and force. . . . He is at the cutting edge’ where others must now listen and follow.”

 

According to Herbert Guenther, This book is undoubtedly a major contribu­tion to the field of sociophilosophical and sociocultural studies and to an under­standing of the impact Buddhist thinking has on the contemporary Western mind.”

About this title

About the Author:

Nolan Pliny Jacobson is Emeritus Pro­fessor of Philosophy and Religion at Winthrop College in South Carolina. He is widely published in the fields of Hume, Marxism, the philosophy of religion, and Buddhism.

Review:

A significant event. This country needs this book. The chapters on Japan and the relevance of Buddhism to American thought are enough to justify the price of a book.” Charles Hartshorne

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0809312255
• ISBN 13: 9780809312252
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232