The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Franklin, J. Jeffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Commonwealth
1800-1899
Buddhism in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Buddhism > Study and teaching > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Bouddhisme dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Bouddhisme > Étude et enseignement > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Buddhism > Study and teaching.
English literature.
Religion.
Buddhismus
Bouddhisme > Dans la littérature.
Bouddhisme > Étude et enseignement > Grande-Bretagne > 19e siècle.
Buddhism i litteraturen.
Engelsk litteratur > historia > 1800-talet.
Great Britain > Religion > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Religion > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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