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The Lotus and the Lion : Buddhism and the British Empire /

"In The Lotus and the Lion, J. Jeffrey Franklin traces the historical and cultural origins of Western Buddhism, showing that the British Empire was a primary engine for curiosity about and then engagement with the Buddhisms that the British encountered in India and elsewhere in Asia." &quo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Franklin, J. Jeffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain
  • Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions
  • Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire
  • Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim
  • Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana
  • Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism
  • Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets.