Going Beyond the Pairs: The Coincidence of Opposites in German Romanticism, Zen, and Deconstruction by Dennis McCort

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"In Going Beyond the Pairs, Dennis McCort examines the theme of the coincidentia oppositorum - the tendency of a thing or relationship to turn, under certain conditions, into its own opposite - as it is expressed in German Romanticism, Zen Buddhism, and deconstruction. McCort argues that the coincidentia can be useful for understanding and comparing a variety of cultural forms, including systems of myth, religions ancient and modern, laws of social organization, speculative philosophies East and West, psychological theories and therapeutic practices, and dynamic organizing principles of music, art, and literature. The book touches on a variety of Western and Eastern writers and thinkers, including Thomas Merton, Jacques Derrida, Nishida Kitaro, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Franz Kafka, Novalis, Renzai Zen, J. D. Salinger, and the mysterious, doughnut-loving editor of the medieval Chinese koan collection, Mumonkan."--BOOK JACKET.

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In seven essays, two previously published, McCort (German, Syracuse U.) explores the phenomenon of opposites coinciding in three spheres he has engaged with over the years. Each of them connects at least two, and often all three points of that triangle. He finds that the three spheres are forms of each other based on an inner attunement to a radiant fundamental guiding insight. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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