then you probably also would like to know about this man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Libbrecht
2013/8/31 david buchanan <[email protected]> > I sure would like to get my hands on a copy of this. > http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/ER/detail/hkul/2679785 > > "The aesthetics of indeterminacy: a meeting ground between eastern > mysticism and postmodernism and selected novels by tom robbins, richard > brautigan, and robert pirsig" by Doo-Ho Shin > > > Indeterminacy has become a dominant concern in postmodern literature and > literary criticism as well as in other postmodern cultures and the research > done these areas demonstrates an abiding interest in indeterminacy. > However, little effort has been made in establishing a meeting ground > between Eastern mystical traditions and Western postmodernist thought. And > even less research has been done on the postmodern writers who pave a new > way of understanding postmodern Western culture by establishing dialogue > between the traditions of the East and literary postmodernism of the > West.This dissertation explores a meeting ground between Eastern mystical > traditions and postmodern Western culture, attempts to account for it > theoretically, and discusses how such dialogue works in selected novels by > postmodernist writers, who not only employ postmodern indeterminacy but > also incorporate Eastern mystical ideas in their works: Tom Robbins's > Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the > Blues, Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, and Robert Pirsig's > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. A general discussion of my > method covers the historical and current debates concerning the issue of > determinacy and indeterminacy in the areas of the new physics, deep > ecology, deconstruction language theory, and philosophy in each chapter, in > relation not only to literature and literary criticism, but also to Eastern > mysticism.Eastern mystical traditions share striking similarities with > postmodern thinking about indeterminacy in these areas. Indeterminacy has > been constantly accepted in Eastern mystical traditions, while in the West > it has only recently gained attention. And these writers who were familiar > with both traditions well developed the theme of indeterminacy in their > writing.By studying these three authors' dominant concerns as these radiate > out from indeterminacy, we get a better sense of how far they have taken us > in a postmodernist East-West dialo > gue of contemporary thought and expression and how the Easterners are > potentially well equipped with spiritual traditions not only to understand > Western postmodern literary phenomena which are still new to most Eastern > readers but also to develop their own culture specific versions of > postmodern literature and criticism. > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
