Anti-Hegelian Bias in Yogācāra Studies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21394743
AutoresFabien Muller (0000-0003-0484-8968, Episcopal Divinity School, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Fecha de publicación2025-12-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSophia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-1527 • E-ISSN: 1873-930X
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11841-025-01094-6
OpenAlexW4417028894
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas20

One of the central questions of Yogācāra studies is whether Yogācāra should be understood as a form of idealism. In addressing this question, scholars frequently invoke Hegel’s philosophy as a type of idealism fundamentally incompatible with Yogācāra. But those references are often made without direct engagement with Hegel’s texts, relying instead on reductive accounts of his philosophy. In this paper, I aim to uncover this reductivism and show that it does not withstand critical analysis. I begin by examining a recent example of anti-Hegelian scholarship, followed by a broader survey of similar positions over the past decades. I then bring these positions into a conversation with Hegel’s texts, revealing tensions between Hegel’s philosophy and its representation in Buddhist philosophy. On this basis, I advocate for a new interpretation of Yogācāra texts through a Hegelian lens

Buddhism · Buddhist philosophy · Conversation · Hegelianism · Idealism · Interpretation (philosophy) · Philosophy of religion · Representation (politics) · Chinese history and philosophy · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Karl Barth and Christian Theology