The Social Self in Zen and American Pragmatism. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)

From: Buddhist-Christian Studies | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Yong, Amos | Copyright information

THE SOCIAL SELF IN ZEN AND AMERICAN PRAGMATISM. By Steve Odin. SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought.

Albany: SUNY, 1996. xvi + 482 pp.

Better late than never! As one of the few volumes--only two to date, actually--in the SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought to address a perennial philosophical problem by drawing seriously upon both the Eastern (Zen Buddhism) and Western (American pragmatism) philosophical traditions, this book should have b...

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