Reviews for Zen and the comic spirit

The average rating for Zen and the comic spirit based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-07-07 00:00:00 Brandon Lau Hyers attempt at explaining Zen humor might be well meant but in the end the book lacks in structure, consistency and tries too much to find a western equivalent to it all. It blurs the line of Congdao/Soto and Linji/Rinzai Zen and is a bit too much in the line of Suzuki Zen to find a proper definition of what Zen Humor entails. It does have interesting and insightful bits and pieces, but as a whole it glosses over too many different concepts and presents it as a unit.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-12 00:00:00 Justin Pinoni Over 180 pages on how the joke is on us, more or less.