John D. Dunne

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Assistant Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Affiliation	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email	jddunne@facstaff.wisc.edu
Mailing Address	1220 Linden Drive 1250 Van Hise Hall University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI 53706 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 608-262-2749 fax: 608-265-3538
Education	graduate and undergraduate education in the Buddhism of India and Tibet, classical and modern.
Research Interests	perception, induction, philosophy of language, violence and religion, nationalism and ethnicity.
Publications	Rending the Web of Concepts: An Examination of Dharmakarti's Philosophy. Forthcoming in: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism (Wisdom Publications; Tom J.F. Tillemans and E. Gene Smith, series editors). "On Essences, Goals and Social Justice: an Exercise in 'Buddhist Theology'" in Buddhist Theology. Edited by R. Jackson and J. Makransky. Surrey, England: Curzon Press, 1999. "Nominalism, Buddhist Doctrine of." Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London: Routledge, 1998. The Precious Garland: An Epistle to a King-A Translation of Nagarjuna's Text from the Sanskrit and Tibetan. With Sara McClintock. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997. Commemorative edition; for public release in 2000. "Thoughtless Buddha, Passionate Buddha." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 64/3, 1996: 525-556. Satyagraha: Truth Insistence, translator, with Ngawang Samten. Dharamsala, India: Office of Information, Tibetan Government [in exile], 1995. Translation commissioned by the author, Samdong Lozang Tenzin, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile. "Towards a Buddhist Theory of Social Justice." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, 1996.
Keywords	perception ; induction ; philosophy of language ; violence and religion ; nationalism ; ethnicity.