Buddhism and rational economic activity

Rational economic development and growth are sometimes questioned today, in the West as well as in the East. In this context, the paper examines Max Weber's thesis on India and especially on Buddhism in the light of more recent knowledge, then not available to Weber. His idea of rational econom...

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1. VerfasserIn: Buss, Andreas (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: ABI 1982
In: Internationales Asien-Forum
Jahr: 1982, Band: 13, Heft: 3-4, Seiten: 211-230
weitere Schlagwörter:B Wirtschaftsentwicklung
B Sri Lanka
B Religionssoziologie
B Buddhismus
B Indien Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Buddhismus Religionssoziologie Sri Lanka
B Indien
Parallele Ausgabe:Elektronisch
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Zusammenfassung:Rational economic development and growth are sometimes questioned today, in the West as well as in the East. In this context, the paper examines Max Weber's thesis on India and especially on Buddhism in the light of more recent knowledge, then not available to Weber. His idea of rational economics and what he perceives as the implications of rational economies. Some traditional aspects and modern developments in Buddhism which have implications for economic activities. (DÜI-Sen)
ISSN:0020-9449
Enthält:In: Internationales Asien-Forum