Working Emptiness: Toward a Third Reading of Emptiness in Buddhism and Postmodern Thought

By N. Robert Glass

Newman Robert Glass argues that there are three workings of emptiness capable of grounding thinking and behavior: presence, difference, and essence. The first two readings, exemplified by Heidegger and Mark C. Taylor respectively, present opposing views of the work of emptiness in thinking. The third, essence, presents a position on the work of emptiness in desire and affect. Glass begins by offering a close analysis of presence and difference. He then fashions his own understanding of essence, or emptiness. He goes on to use this third reading to construct a comprehensive Buddhist position based in desire and affect -- a Buddhism of essence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788500813
• ISBN13: 9780788500817
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"