Zen and American Thought /

Zen and American Thought / / Van Meter Ames.

“Wise men of the East are stimulating the Western mind, says Van Meter Ames, speaking of Zen Buddhism, but are they infusing the West with something foreign, or are they awakening it to resources of its own? Dr. Ames inclines to the latter view.“The striking thing about Zen to an American,” Dr. Ames...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Ames, Van Meter,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1962
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. AMERICA AND ZEN
  • 2. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
  • 3. FROM HUME TO PAINE TO REVOLUTION
  • 4. JEFFERSON AND FREEDOM
  • 5. EMERSON: AMERICAN BODHISATTVA
  • 6. THOREAD: TAOIST IN AMERICA
  • 7. WHITMAN ON DEMOCRACY ANDDEATH
  • 8. THE ELDER HENRY JAMES AND EQUALITY
  • 9. WILLIAM JAMES IN QUEST OF THESELF
  • 10. PEIRCE AND THE USE OF SIGNS
  • 11. ROYCE AND THE ABSOLUTE
  • 12. SANTAYANA AND DETACHMENT
  • 13. DEWEY AND ZEN
  • 14. CHINA AND CHICAGO
  • 15. MEAD: NO SELF IS SEPARATE
  • INDEX

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