{"product_id":"indian-buddhist-philosophy-a-new-historiographical-approach","title":"Indian Buddhist Philosophy: A New Historiographical Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndian Buddhist Philosophy \u003c\/em\u003eis a reconstruction of the history of Indian Buddhist thought that starts from the idea - of Madhyamaka origin - that in the teaching of the historical Buddha it is possible to identify three distinct and irreconcilable theoretical modes or registers, intended for different types of followers: the affirmative mode of \u003cem\u003ebeing, \u003c\/em\u003ethe negative one of \u003cem\u003enon-being,\u003c\/em\u003e and the “middle path” of \u003cem\u003eneither being nor non-being. \u003c\/em\u003eThe history of Buddhism after the disappearance of the Buddha is presented here as the development of these registers in three main philosophical directions: respectively, the personalist one, of the Pudgalavada schools; the reductionist one of the Theravada, Sarvastivada and Sautrantika schools; and the one of the Mahayana schools - primarily the Madhyamaka - which, following some suggestions already present in the Mahasamghika circles of the Abhidharma phase, deepen in particular the third theoretical strand proposed by the Buddha: the middle one, which excludes both being and non-being, in a frequently but not exclusively anti-metaphysical direction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGIUSEPPE  FERRARO\u003c\/strong\u003e began his Philosophy and Indology studies at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy, and obtained his Ph.D. at the Federal University de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, where he is currently a visiting professor. He is the author of two monographs dedicated to the thought of Nagarjuna, and of some articles and book chapters dedicated to the interpretation of philosophical doctrines of the Buddha and some of his Indian followers. He is also the author of the first annotated translations from Sanskrit into Portuguese of Nagarjuna’s \u003cem\u003eMµulamadhyamakakarika\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Vigrahavyavartani.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD PUBLICATION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51272669069610,"sku":"CRAZY-9789356763517","price":45.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/9789356763524.jpg?v=1773917541","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/indian-buddhist-philosophy-a-new-historiographical-approach","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}