A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor

ISBN-13: 9780190664398 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 296 str.

Roy Tzohar

Opis

Buddhist philosophy is fundamentally ambivalent toward language. Language is paradoxically seen as both obstructive and necessary for liberation. In this book, Roy Tzohar delves into the ingenious response to this tension from the Yog

Despite the overwhelming visibility of figurative language in Buddhist philosophical texts, this is the first sustained and systematic attempt to present an indigenous Buddhist theory of metaphor. By grounding the Yog

Recenzje

[T]he book is an extremely valuable and insightful contribution to the study of Indian theories of language and meaning...In sum, Tzohar's book presents an innovative approach that shows how Yogacāra Buddhist philosophers developed their views in close interaction with non-Buddhist and non-Mahāyāna thoughts on language and epistemology. Obviously sympathetic with Sthiramati, Tzohar develops a reconstruction of the pan-metaphorical theory that he personally finds convincing. As such, the work can also be located in the field of comparative philosophy.

O autorze

Roy Tzohar is a Senior Lecturer in the East and South Asian studies Department at Tel Aviv University.