Mindfulness and Letting Be

Fred Dallmayr is Packey J. Dee Professor Emeritus in the departments of Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.

• Chapter 1. "The Future of Theory": Mindful ThinkingChapter 2. Beyond "Action Theory": Mindful Praxis Chapter 3. Nothingness, Non-Being, Emptiness: Thinking at the Edge of ThoughtChapter 4. But Only Speak the Word: Mindfulness and LanguageChapter 5. Naturing Nature: Mindfulness and ArtChapter 6. The Future of the Past: Mindfulness and HistoryChapter 7. Why Cross-cultural Studies Now?: Mindfulness and CosmopolisAppendix A. Are Humans Becoming Superfluous?: Robots and GestellAppendix B. For an Apophatic Humanism: OrthopraxisAppendix C. Empire and Mindfulness: Theocracy as Temptation

Fred Dallmayr has written another a remarkable book. Learned and scholarly, it is also clear and unpretentious in its language. Sweeping in its cultural concerns and references, it is also focused upon the most basic and simple enigmas of life. Throughout, Dallmayr reminds us of the real challenges of a life that is engaged and full of thought.