non+x

non + x is an experimental e-journal dedicated to the critique of Buddhist and other contemporary cultural materials.

Our goal "consists in wresting vital potentialities of humans from the artificial forms and static norms that subjugate them" (Marjorie Gracieuse).

Essays

(B ⊂ R) ⇒ ?: If Buddhism is a Religion, then what? by Richard K. Payne

A Buddhist Critique of Cartesian Dualism, by William S. Waldron

Taking Anatman Full Strength, by Tom Pepper

Creative Writing

Ninth Letter, by Akilesh Ayyar

Review

Review of The Scientific Buddha: His Short and Happy Life, by Donald S. Lopez, Jr., and Buddha's Brain, by Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius,

by Tom Pepper

Sutras of Flesh and Blood, by Glenn Wallis

Cessation of Craving: Buddhism as a Cure for Addiction, by Tom Pepper

Biography of an X-buddhist Thaumaturge, by Matthias Steingass

Come on, X-Buddhists, Pump up the Polemos!, by Glenn Wallis

Sitting, Full of Shit, by Adam S. Miller

Comfort-food Buddhism, by Tom Pepper

I've Done It!, by Matthias Steingass

On the Faith of Secular Buddhists, by Glenn Wallis

The X and the Non, by Matthias Steingass

Running from Zombie Buddhas, by Tom Pepper

Nagarjuna, Hume, and the God Particle, by Tom Pepper

Anicca as the Truth of Extinction, by Glenn Wallis

Practicing Myopia, by Adam S. Miller

Naturalizing Buddhism without being Reductive, by Tom Pepper

No More Meditation!, by Matthias Steingass

On Buddhist Anti-intellectualism, by Tom Pepper

Atman, Aporia, and Atomism, by Tom Pepper

Meditation and Control, by Matthias Steingass

Mindful Lobotomy, by Glenn Wallis

Elixir of Mindfulness, by Glenn Wallis

Flinching, by Glenn Wallis

Should Buddhism be Therapy?, by Tom Pepper

Fanged Dialogue, by Glenn Wallis

Nascent Speculative Non-Buddhism, by Glenn Wallis

Nostalgia for the Buddha, by Glenn Wallis