Park, J. Y., ED., Buddhisms and Deconstructions Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006, 290+ xxii pp., IBSN: 0742534189, pb Jack Reynolds Published online: 24 May 2007 # Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2007 Jin Y. Park_s new collection of essays, Buddhisms and Deconstructions, continues the tradition of east–west comparative dialogues that juxtapose the thought of a specific Western thinker with branches of Eastern philosophy and aim at locating points of similarity and difference between their respective methodological approaches and philosophical commitments. In terms of content, it breaks new ground in exploring in detail the connection between Buddhism and Derridean deconstruction that was arguably first suggested in 1984 by Robert Magliola in Derrida on the Mend (and whose influential work is engaged with by several essays in this volume). While Buddhisms and Deconstuctions may suggest a double plurality in the title, however, the plurality of coverage really only applies to Buddhism. Although the book focuses on the Madhyamika tradition (and, in particular, Nagarjuna), it also includes sustained interaction with Chan, Zen, Huayan, Sunlun, and other Buddhist traditions from various different countries. On the other hand, the “deconstructions” referred to are almost entirely restricted to Derrida. More problematically, the essays also revolve around a rather narrow and circumscribed aspect of Derrida_s long and diverse philosophical career. The key concern of almost all of the contributors is with the Derrida who came to prominence with the notion of différance (frequently compared to Madhyamika dependent coarising) and the Derrida who engages in prolonged discussions about his inability to speak the name of différance, it being neither a word nor a concept. This is the work of the early Derrida. In addition to this, there are some interesting and important discussions about the close relationship that obtains between Buddhist and Derridean logics and the parallels between the Sophia (2007) 46:211–213 DOI 10.1007/s11841-007-0028-1 Jack Reynolds has written Merleau-Ponty and Derrida, coedited Understanding Derrida, taught at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, and shaken hands with HHDL. He remains in the realm of samsara. J. Reynolds (*) Philosophy Program, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia e-mail: Jack.Reynolds@latrobe.edu.au