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100 1 $aKalmanson, Leah,$d1977-$eauthor.
245 10 $aCross-cultural existentialism :$bon the meaning of life in Asian and Western thought /$cLeah Kalmanson.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bBloomsbury Academic,$c2021.
264 4 $c©2021
300 $a190 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Expanding the scope of existential discourse beyond the Western tradition, this book engages Asian philosophies to reassess vital questions of life's purpose, death's imminence, and our capacity for living meaningfully in conditions of uncertainty. Inspired by European existentialism in theory, the book explores concrete techniques for existential practice via the philosophies of East Asia. The investigation begins with the provocative existential writings of twentieth-century Korean Buddhist nun Kim Iryop, who asserts that meditative concentration conducts a potent energy outward throughout the entire karmic network, enabling the radical transformation of our shared existential conditions. Understanding her claim requires a study of East Asian traditions more broadly. Considering practices as diverse as Song-dynasty Chinese views on mental cultivation, Buddhist merit-making ceremonies, the ritual memorization and recitation of texts, and Yijing divination, the book concludes by advocating a speculative turn. This 'speculative existentialism' counters the suspicion toward metaphysics characteristic of twentieth-century European existential thought and, at the same time, advances a program for action. It is not a how-to guide for living, but rather a philosophical methodology that takes seriously the power of mental cultivation to transform the meaning of the life that we share"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 00 $g1.$tMeaningful Dilemmas: Existential Inquiry in the Western Tradition --$g2.$tThe Creation of New Values, Part I: Karmic Transformations --$g3.$tThe Creation of New Values, Part II: Cosmic Correspondences --$g4.$tRituals for Existential Re-habituation.
650 0 $aExistentialism.
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