Buddhism, Digital Technology and New Media in Korea: Ŭisang’s Ocean Seal Diagram (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy)

Buddhism, Digital Technology and New Media in Korea introduces Uisang (625-702), a seminal figure in East Asian religion who founded the Korean Hwaom school of Buddhism, from various angles by placing his thought in the interdisciplinary and intercultural context of the twenty-first century. The book analyzes the scope of Uisang’s teachings through a study of his Ocean Seal Diagram with reference to digital technology and poetics.It attempts to identify diverse intersections between Uisang’s thought and Western ideas, elucidating the diagram’s potential as a meta-theory applicable to various academic fields in view of unprecedented changes in human life brought forth by the digital revolution.Contributors to the book present comprehensive and in-depth analyses of the dynamic applicability as well as persistent traits of the Ocean Seal Diagram in the AI era.Inspired by the creative potential of the diagram, the chapters unravel the points of agreement and disagreement between Hwao Buddh