This study in cross-cultural hermeneutics examines the role that modern, Western philosophy has played in the interpretation of Nagarjuna's Madhyamikakarika, a second-century Indian-Buddhist text. Tuck locates a structure of distinct phases or "styles" in modern, philosophical history. These phases, Tuck shows, exhibit discontinuous interpretive biases, as well as continuity of hermeneutic intention. Discovering in each philosophical era a chaacteristic attitude towards the text--whether privilege, objectivity, or neutrality--Tuck argues that the continual reinterpretation of earlier scholarly readings is in fact at the core of fruitful hermeneutic pursuit.
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Fantastic book for those studying Nagarjuna, as well as for comparative philosophical endeavors in general,
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This review is from: Comparative Philosophy and the Philosophy of Scholarship: On the Western Interpretation of Nagarjuna (Hardcover)
This slim volume comprises an overview of the ways in which Nagarjuna's main text, the Mulamadhyamakakarika, has been interpreted by Western philosophers. Tuck covers the major phases of interpretation, from the earliest period in the 19th century, when Nagarjuna was primarily understood as a mystical Idealist, to the more contemporary reading of Prof. Robert Thurman, who sees Nagarjuna as providing a Wittgensteinian remedy to the linguistic malady we call philosophy.
This book, surprisingly accessible given that its topic is so esoteric and specialized, not only provides a historical overview of how Nagarjua has been understood by his Western readers, but also more generally attempts to provide a theoretical approach to the heremeneutics of comparative philosophy. An excellent and essential read for any students of comparative philosophy and religion.
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