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Turning the Wheel: essays on Buddhism and writing
de Johnson, Charles
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New York: Scribner, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, being inscribed warmly "For Mike, with my deepest thanks." Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. Charles Johnson is the Winner of the National Book Award for writing about the African-American experience "with surprising freshness and the fluency of years of gathered wisdom" (Black Issues Book Review). From the publisher, "Charles Johnson is a novelist, essayist, literary scholar, philosopher, cartoonist, screenwriter, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. A MacArthur fellow, his fiction includes Night Hawks, Dr. King’s Refrigerator, Dreamer, Faith and the Good Thing, and Middle Passage, for which he won the National Book Award." xviii [1], 3-187 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Sinopsis
"Were it not for the Buddhadharma, says Charles Johnson in his preface to Turning the Wheel, "I'm convinced that, as a black American and an artist, I would not have been able to successfully negotiate my last half century of life in this country. Or at least not with a high level of creative productivity." In this collection of provocative and intimate essays, Johnson writes of the profound connection between Buddhism and creativity, and of the role of Eastern philosophy in the quest for a free and thoughtful life. In 1926, W. E. B. Du Bois asked African-Americans what they would most want were the color line miraculously forgotten. In Turning the Wheel, Johnson sets out to explore this question by examining his experiences both as a writer and as a practitioner of Buddhism. He looks at basic Buddhist principles and practices, demonstrating how Buddhism is both the most revolutionary and most civilized of possible human choices. He discusses fundamental Buddhist practices such as the Eightfold Path, Taming the Mind, and Sangha and illuminates their place in the American Civil Rights movement. Johnson moves from spiritual guides to spiritual nourishment: writing. In essays touching on the role of the black intellectual, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Ralph Ellison, Johnson uses tools of Buddhist thinking to clarify difficult ideas. Powerful and revelatory, these essays confirm that writing and reading, along with Buddhism, are the basic components that make up a thoughtful life.
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- 355172
- Título
- Turning the Wheel: essays on Buddhism and writing
- Autor
- Johnson, Charles
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- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
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- As New
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- 1
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- First Edition
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- Scribner
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
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- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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