The Rhetoric of Immediacy

The Rhetoric of Immediacy
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 0691029636
ISBN-13 : 9780691029634
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Book Synopsis The Rhetoric of Immediacy by : Bernard Faure

Download or read book The Rhetoric of Immediacy written by Bernard Faure and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides readers to an appreciation of some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese traditions of Chan Buddhism and Japanese Zen. Faure focuses on Chan's insistence on "immediacy"--its denial of all traditional meditations, including scripture, ritual, good works--and yet shows how these mediations have always been present in Chan.


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