Is Brook Ziporyn's work just about Buddhism?
No, that is a common misconception. While I am best known for my work on Tiantai Buddhism, my research spans the entire classical Chinese tradition, including Daoism, Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism. My book 'Ironies of Oneness and Difference' examines pre-Buddhist texts like the Zhuangzi, Laozi, and Xunzi to show how they anticipate the logic of coherence. I also explore how later Chinese thinkers integrated Buddhist ideas with indigenous frameworks. My comparative approach draws on Western philosophy—from Kant to Whitehead—but always grounds itself in close reading of Chinese sources.
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