Architects of Buddhist leisure : socially disengaged Buddhism in Asia's museums, monuments, and amusement parks /

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Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's culture of Buddhist leisure through a study of architects responsible for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDaniel, Justin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Colección:Contemporary Buddhism.
Temas:
Tange, Kenzō, > 1913-2005.
Lek Wiriyaphan.
Fazhao, > Shi.
Fazhao, > Shi
Lek Wiriyaphan
Tange, Kenzō, > 1913-2005
Architecture and recreation > Asia.
Buddhist architecture > Asia.
Architecture et loisirs > Asie.
Architecture bouddhique > Asie.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Architecture and recreation
Buddhist architecture
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Monuments and metabolism: Kenzo Tange and the attempts to bring new architecture to Buddhism's oldest site
  • Ecumenical parks and cosmological gardens: Braphai and Lek Wiriyaphan and Buddhist spectacle culture
  • Buddhist museums and curio cabinets: Shi Fa Zhao and ecumenism without an agenda.

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