On Images: Far Eastern Ways Of Thinking
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Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What does it mean to think in images rather than concepts? On Images: Far Eastern Ways of Thinking confronts this profound question head-on, presenting two landmark essays that illuminate the philosophical traditions of East Asia through the prism of the image itself. Toshihiko Izutsu's contribution, Between Image and No-Image, navigates the razor's edge between visual perception and metaphysical absence in Eastern thought, while Hellmut Wilhelm's The Interplay of Image and Concept in the Book of Changes unpacks the intricate semiotic architecture of the ancient I Ching, arguing that image and concept are inseparable partners in the Chinese cosmological imagination. Together, these essays constitute a rigorous and captivating dialogue between two of the twentieth century's foremost scholars of Eastern philosophy and sinology. The collection illustrates how Far Eastern intellectual traditions resist the Western tendency to privilege abstract reason over sensory and symbolic modes of understanding, offering instead a world in which the image is not mere decoration but the very substance of thought. Published by Spring Publications — a press renowned for its dedication to depth psychology and cross-cultural philosophy — this anthology leaves the reader questioning the very foundations of how meaning is made, and what remains when the image dissolves into no-image.
Author: Toshihiko Izutsu, Hellmut Wilhelm
Format: Paperback
Published: 1988, Spring Publications, Inc.
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to think in images rather than concepts? On Images: Far Eastern Ways of Thinking confronts this profound question head-on, presenting two landmark essays that illuminate the philosophical traditions of East Asia through the prism of the image itself. Toshihiko Izutsu's contribution, Between Image and No-Image, navigates the razor's edge between visual perception and metaphysical absence in Eastern thought, while Hellmut Wilhelm's The Interplay of Image and Concept in the Book of Changes unpacks the intricate semiotic architecture of the ancient I Ching, arguing that image and concept are inseparable partners in the Chinese cosmological imagination. Together, these essays constitute a rigorous and captivating dialogue between two of the twentieth century's foremost scholars of Eastern philosophy and sinology. The collection illustrates how Far Eastern intellectual traditions resist the Western tendency to privilege abstract reason over sensory and symbolic modes of understanding, offering instead a world in which the image is not mere decoration but the very substance of thought. Published by Spring Publications — a press renowned for its dedication to depth psychology and cross-cultural philosophy — this anthology leaves the reader questioning the very foundations of how meaning is made, and what remains when the image dissolves into no-image.