From Indra's net to Internet : communication, technology, and the evolution of Buddhist ideas /

In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Veidlinger, Daniel M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2018]
Colección:Contemporary Buddhism.
Temas:
Buddhism > Computer networks.
Internet > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Cyberspace > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhism > History.
Bouddhisme > Réseaux d'ordinateurs.
Internet > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Cyberespace > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Bouddhisme > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Buddhism.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; 1; Introduction; Media Theory and the Study of Buddhism; 2; Wheeling and Dealing; Transportation, Communication, and Axial Age Religion; 3; Discourse and the Buddha; Trade, Urbanization, and Communication in Ancient India; 4; The Information Superhighway of Old; Buddhism along the Silk Road; 5; Electrifying Indra's Net; How the Internet Shapes the Reception of Buddhist Ideas; 6; Self, Selfies, and Selflessness in Cyberspace; 7; Thus Have I Clicked; Quantitative Data and Survey Results for Buddhism Online; 8; Conclusion.
  • Computer-Mediated Communication and the Future of Buddhist IdeasNotes; References; Index; About the Author; Blank Page.

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