The Aura of Buddhist Material Objects in the Age of Mass-Production
The article discusses material religion in a commercial setting and sets off this discussion with Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). Benjamin argues that mechanical reproduction emancipated works of art from religious rituals and evaporated the aura o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Pages: 105-125 |
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Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
/ China
/ Buddhism
/ Cultic object
/ Mass production
/ Holiness
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia ZA Social sciences |
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Tibetan Buddhism
B Sacralization B Buddhist material objects B Walter Benjamin B Aura B mass-production |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |