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L’oubli des Russes: An (almost) forgotten chapter in the history of 19th-century orientalism
The present article responds to Roger-Pol Droit’s contributions to the study of the European confrontation with Indian and Buddhist philosophy, above all in his L’oubli de l’Inde and Le Culte du Néan t, by interrogating the peculiar reception history, in Germany and in France, of the masterpiece of nineteenth-century Russian scholarship in this area, Vasily P. Vasilyev’s Buddhism, Its Dogmatics, History and Literature (St. Petersburg 1857). In particular, we seek to clarify the unusual political background of the opposing and contested French and German translations.
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Who Wrote the Trisvābhavanirdeśa? Reflections on an Enigmatic Text and Its Place in the History of Buddhist Philosophy
In recent decades, scholars of Buddhist philosophy have frequently treated the Trisvābhavanirdeśa (TSN), or “Teaching of the Three Natures,” attributed to Vasubandhu, as an authentic and authoritative representation of that celebrated thinker’s mature work within the Yogacara tradition. However, serious questions may be posed concerning the status and authority of the TSN within Yogacara, its true authorship, and the relation of its contents to trends in early Yogacara thought. In the present article, we review the actual state of our knowledge of the TSN’s possible origins, considering, too, the implications this may have for contemporary treatments thereof.
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Collins and Parfit Three Decades On
More than 30 years after publication, after many excellent additions to philosophical work on the self and personal identity have appeared, Collins’ and Parfit’s books would remain the ineluctable touchstones with reference to which all subsequent scholarship in this area must be assayed. In view of the recent passing of Derek Parfit (January 1, 2017) and of Steven Collins (February 15, 2018), it is fitting to revisit Selfless Persons and Reasons and Persons, and to ask just why they seem to shine even more brightly through the prism of more recent work, not at all receding into the background.
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The tibetans
In the past, for largely geographical reasons, Tibet was isolated from the rest of the world, which meant that our country, people and culture were not only shrouded in mystery, but often gravely misunderstood. More recently, as interest has grown, scholarship concerning Tibet has improved beyond expectation, although it has often singled out narrow topics for consideration. In producing this substantial book, which takes a broad view of Tibetans and their civilization, within a long historical perspective, Matthew Kapstein has brought to his work the authority
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