Buddhism and transgression : the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West /

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This book explores the potential interface between Foucaultian discourse analysis and the development of an indigenous rationale for the practice of contemporary Western Buddhism, along with the growing significance of such a rationale for a ~traditionala (TM) Buddhism in an era dominated by discipl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Konik, Adrian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Studies in the history of religions ; 125.
Temas:
Buddhism > Western countries.
Buddhist philosophy.
Bouddhisme > Occident.
Philosophie bouddhique.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
Buddhism
Buddhist philosophy
Buddhismus
Buddhistische Philosophie
Bouddhisme > Civilisation occidentale > 21e siècle.
Western countries
Westliche Welt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of illustrations
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I THE EMERGENCE OF DISCIPLINARY/BIO-POWER AND THE ARISING OF DISCURSIVE TENSION IN WESTERN SOCIETY
  • Chapter One The problem of effective critique
  • Chapter Two Disciplinary/bio-power and rational autonomy
  • Chapter Three Secularized/medicalized confession and the problematization of rational autonomy
  • PART II A REAPPRAISAL OF WESTERN INTEREST IN TIBET AND VAJRAY256;NA BUDDHISM
  • Chapter Four The blank canvas of Tibet
  • Chapter Five Lobsang Rampa's The Third Eye: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama
  • Chapter Six John Blofeld's The Wheel of Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist
  • Chapter Seven Anagarika Govinda's autobiographical The Way of the White Clouds
  • PART III ENGAGING WITH THE DISCURSIVE LIMITS OF TRANSGRESSION
  • Chapter Eight The 'technological mind, ' discourse analysis, and the emergence of a new type of socially engaged contemporary Western Buddhism
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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