#BuddhistCultureWars: BuddhaBros, Alt-Right Dharma, and Snowflake Sanghas
While often associated with a liberal demographic, the increasing online visibility of rhetoric such as “snowflakes,” “politically correct,” “postmodern identity politics,” and “cultural Marxism” demonstrates the presence of right-wing sentiments and populations in American convert Buddhism. This ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| In: |
Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-48 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Buddhism
/ Multi-cultural society
/ Equality
/ Inclusion (Sociology)
/ Reactionary politics (Politics)
/ Conservatism
/ The Right
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BL Buddhism KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Socially Engaged Buddhism
B The Culture Wars B racial justice B right-wing Buddhism B Alt-Right Buddhism B American Buddhism B Racism |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Summary: | While often associated with a liberal demographic, the increasing online visibility of rhetoric such as “snowflakes,” “politically correct,” “postmodern identity politics,” and “cultural Marxism” demonstrates the presence of right-wing sentiments and populations in American convert Buddhism. This article situates these sentiments largely as a reaction to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in these communities. We chart this backlash across a broad right-wing spectrum that spans from “reactionary centrism” to the alt-right. We illuminate the ways in which participants both de-legitimate DEI as political rather than Buddhist and naturalize their own position as Buddhist rather than political. Next, we show how American convert Buddhist lineages have become a site of the “culture wars,” longstanding clashes between religious conservatives and progressives, that are playing out in multiple contexts across the US. Finally, we locate these reactionary right-wing forms of American Buddhism in relationship to modern and postmodern forms of global Buddhism. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-6457 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727561 |