Category: Zen Buddhism
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Only Impossible Exchange Is Possible, by Aurel Schmidt (translated by Alan N. Shapiro)
Impossible exchange is an impossible subject. In Jean Baudrillard’s book Impossible Exchange (2001), the matter is treated in such a way that one is better off with an associative and meditative interpretive approach than with a discursive reading. Much of the book transported me into a state of wonder, other parts I found irritating.