Buddhism and transgression: the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West
Cover13; -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I THE EMERGENCE OF DISCIPLINARY/BIO-POWER AND THE ARISING OF DISCURSIVE TENSION IN WESTERN SOCIETY -- Chapter One The problem of effective critique -- Chapter Two...
| Published in: | Studies in the history of religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2009
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| In: |
Studies in the history of religions (volume 125)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in the history of religions
volume 125 |
| Further subjects: | B
Western countries
B Buddhism B Buddhist philosophy B Western world B Buddhist Philosophy Western world Western countries B Buddhist Philosophy B Buddhism (Western countries) B RELIGION ; Buddhism ; History B Electronic books B Bouddhisme ; Civilisation occidentale ; 21e siècle B Buddhism Western countries |
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| Summary: | Cover13; -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I THE EMERGENCE OF DISCIPLINARY/BIO-POWER AND THE ARISING OF DISCURSIVE TENSION IN WESTERN SOCIETY -- Chapter One The problem of effective critique -- Chapter Two Disciplinary/bio-power and rational autonomy -- Chapter Three Secularized/medicalized confession and the problematization of rational autonomy -- PART II A REAPPRAISAL OF WESTERN INTEREST IN TIBET AND VAJRAY256;NA BUDDHISM -- Chapter Four The blank canvas of Tibet -- Chapter Five Lobsang Rampa's The Third Eye: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama -- Chapter Six John Blofeld's The Wheel of Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist -- Chapter Seven Anagarika Govinda's autobiographical The Way of the White Clouds -- PART III ENGAGING WITH THE DISCURSIVE LIMITS OF TRANSGRESSION -- Chapter Eight The 'technological mind, ' discourse analysis, and the emergence of a new type of socially engaged contemporary Western Buddhism -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index. This book explores the potential interface between Foucaultian discourse analysis and the development of an indigenous rationale for the practice of contemporary Western Buddhism, along with the growing significance of such a rationale for a ~traditionala (TM) Buddhism in an era dominated by disciplinary/bio-power |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-183) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004178759 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004178755.i-194 |