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Maidanov, A.S. Art of polemic dialogue in chang (zen) buddizm

Abstract: The article discusses the art of the dialogue which was quite popular in the Chinese Buddhist school of Chang. The author of the article discussed ways, methods, techniques and rules of conducting such a dialogue. He revealed the peculiarity of Chang dialogues – the principle of contrariety or creating paradoxical situations. The author described the unusual confrontational logic of the dialogue. He viewed the dialogue as the mean of creative thinking and stressed out that its methods and techniques could be successfully used in the modern scientific and political discourses.



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