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“Personhood and the Subliminal Mind: Yogacara Buddhism versus Freud,” Tao Jiang, Rutgers University: Talk at the Comparative Literature Luncheon

“Personhood and the Subliminal Mind: Yogacara Buddhism versus Freud,” Tao Jiang, Rutgers University: Talk at the Comparative Literature Luncheon

When: Feb 25, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM

Dr. Jiang is Associate Professor of Buddhism and Chinese Philosophy, and Chair of the Rutgers University Department of Religion. He holds a BA and and MA in English from the Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, and a PhD in Religion from Temple University. Dr. Jiang’s key area of research is comparative philosophy, and is anchored by two recent books – Contexts and Dialogues: Yogacara Buddhism and Modern Psychology on the Subliminal  Mind (U Hawaii P, 2006) and China’s Freudian Slip: The Reception and Rendition of Freud in China (Routledge, 2012). His articles have been published in journals such as DaoPhilosophy East & West, Journal of Continental Philosophy, and Journal of Chinese Philosophy.