Roy Tzohar

A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor

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Produktbeschreibung

The Yogacara school of Buddhist thought claims that all language-use is metaphorical. Exploring the profound implications of this assertion, Roy Tzhoar makes the case for viewing the Yogacara account as a full-fledged theory of meaning, one that is not merely linguistic, but also applicable both in the world and in texts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190664398
• ISBN-10: 0190664398
• Artikelnr.: 48379096

Autorenporträt

Roy Tzohar is a Senior Lecturer in the East and South Asian studies Department at Tel Aviv University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. What do Buddhists have to say on figurative language?
2. A bit of methodology: on determining the relevant textual field and handling intertextual-borrowing.
3. An Outline
PART 1
Chapter I
Metaphor as Absence:
The case of the Early Nyaya and Mimamsa.
Chapter II
Metaphor as Perceptual Illusion:
Figurative Meaning in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya
PART 2
Chapter III
It's a Bear... No, It's a Man... No, it's a Metaphor!
Asanga on the Proliferation of Figures
Chapter IV
The Seeds of the Pan-Figurative View:
Metaphor in Other Buddhist Sources
PART 3
Chapter V
What It All Comes Down To:
Sthiramati's Pan-Metaphorical Claim and Its Implications
Chapter VI
Conversing With a Buddha:
The Yogacara Conception of Linguistic and Perceptual Meaning
as a Means for Overcoming Incommensurability
Conclusion:
The Alterity of Metaphor
Appendix A:
Translation and exposition of Vakyapadiya 2.250-256
Appendix B:
A Running translation of the Vakyapadiya 2.285-2.297
References
Index