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Evan Thompson

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Writer, UBC Philosophy, Assoc Member Asian Studies & Psych Depts. Married to @beckettodd

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    1. Speculative Non-Buddhism‏ @non_buddhism 1 Jul 2019
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      Speculative Non-Buddhism Retweeted Matthew O'Connell

      Finally, a goddamned academic! Fist pump to Robert Sharf.https://twitter.com/Sciamanoinglese/status/1145704889131003904 …

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      Matthew O'Connell @Sciamanoinglese
      Comments on the conversations I had with Daniel Ingram continue to come in. Robert Sharf has just chimed in. For those interested, check out the blog link below. @speakingsubject at Parletre has also stimulated some great discussion at his blog too. https://posttraditionalbuddhism.com/2019/06/24/55-ibp-daniel-ingram-down-the-rabbit-hole/ …
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    2. Speculative Non-Buddhism‏ @non_buddhism 1 Jul 2019
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      Replying to @bchjam

      I agree that it would be GREAT if contemporary Buddhists knew their history. To reiterate my point at @Imperfectbuddha, for the non-buddhist analysis, that history only serves to provide evidence for both the general "syntax" of "Buddhism" and the varieties of x.

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    3. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 2 Jul 2019
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      Replying to @non_buddhism @bchjam @Imperfectbuddha

      I disagree with your "only." The history also provides evidence and materials for thinking about the problems with what you designate as "non-Buddhism," which, despite your assertions to the contrary, is arguably enmeshed in Buddhist modernism.

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    4. Speculative Non-Buddhism‏ @non_buddhism 2 Jul 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @bchjam @Imperfectbuddha

      non-buddhism is most definitely not “enmeshed in buddhist modernism”!I’d be curious to hear about the basis for your disagreement.

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    5. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 3 Jul 2019
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      Replying to @non_buddhism @bchjam @Imperfectbuddha

      1/7 A few thoughts in the following...

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    6. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 3 Jul 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @non_buddhism and

      2/7 The way you single out Buddhism as a special object (despite via negation) looks like a Buddhist modernist move to me (it's still caught up in Buddhist exceptionalism)

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      Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 3 Jul 2019
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      Replying to @evantthompson @non_buddhism and

      3/7 A "cultural/philosophical critique of religion" seems more straightforward and accomodating than "non-Buddhism"

      8:26 AM - 3 Jul 2019 from Vancouver, British Columbia
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        2. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 3 Jul 2019
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          4/7 You say "x-Buddhism" is anything & everything under the label "Buddhist." How can you presume to know the scope of your (totalizing) term? How do you know "non-B" doesn't fall under it? What justifies your standpoint?

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        3. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 3 Jul 2019
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          5/7 Sharf's point is that many of the intellectual moves you make under the heading of "non-Buddhism" have sophisticated antecedents in the Buddhist intellectual tradition

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        2. Speculative Non-Buddhism‏ @non_buddhism 3 Jul 2019
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          The Laruellean non-x critique works for religions and culture generally. I don't know what you mean by "straight-forward."

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        3. Evan Thompson‏ @evantthompson 3 Jul 2019
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          Replying to @non_buddhism @bchjam @Imperfectbuddha

          I mean why the special focus on Buddhism, particularly in a way that doesn't analyze it in terms of its dialectical encounters with other thoughts systems in other cultures throughout its history

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