Ethical Reading and the Ethics of Forgetting and Remembering

By Sara McClintock

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Focusing on the shock (saṃvega) that may occur when one is reminded of things one has forgotten, the paper argues for the ethical significance not so much of remembering the past as of remembering that one has forgotten it. The colorful tales from the Divyāvadāna serve as brilliant and humorous reminders of the enormity of all we have forgotten.

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Published in 2017 in “A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics” (Jake H. Davis ed.) by Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Bibtex Data

@inproceedings{mcclintock-sara2017-ethical-reading-and-ethics-of-forgetting,
    title={{E}thical {R}eading and the {E}thics of {F}orgetting and {R}emembering},
    author={Sara McClintock},
    booktitle={A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics},
    editor={Jake H. Davis},
    publisher={Oxford University Press},
    address={Oxford},
    year=2017,
    month=jun,
    pages={185--202},
    chapter=10,
    keywords={rebirth-stories,hermeneutics,sati},
    doi={10.1093/oso/9780190499778.003.0010},
    openalex_id={W4245036133},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.academia.edu/50747769/Ethical_Reading_and_the_Ethics_of_Forgetting_and_Remembering}
}

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