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The signifier pointing at the Moon : psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism.

By Raul , Moncayo

Book information

Publisher
Karnac Books
Year
2012
ISBN
9781280686146, 1280686146, 9781849409872, 1849409870, 9781855754768, 1855754762
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
711 kB (727905 bytes)
Pages
0\273
Time added
2015-06-27 21:46:26
Zen Buddhism Psychological aspects Psychoanalysis

Description

Within the context of a careful review of the psychology of religion and prior non-Lacanian literature on the subject, Raul Moncayo builds a bridge between Lacanian psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism that steers clear of reducing one to the other or creating a simplistic synthesis between the two. Instead, by making a purposeful "One-mistake" of "unknown knowing", this book remains consistent with the analytic unconscious and continues in the splendid tradition of Bodhidharma who did not know "Who" he was and told Emperor Wu that there was no merit in building temples for Buddhism. Both traditions.  Read more...

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