Buddhism

Edward Conze (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2000 | 3rd Revised edition
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-85168-221-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The author follows the spread of Buddhism over the Asian continent covering three thousand years of history.

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This book provides a straightforward and comprehensive survey of Buddhist history, from 500 BCE through to modern times. It introduces all the different doctrines, sects and beliefs, and follows their development over their centuries; it also covers all the different Buddhist schools. The expansion of Buddhism across the Asian continent is traced, and its development in India, Nepal and Kashmir, Ceylon, Central Asia, South-East Asia, Japan, China and Korea and Tibet is examined at length.

Autor

Edward Conze studied Indian and comparative philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Hamburg. He later lectured in psychology, philosophy and comparative religion at Oxford, held a number of academic appointments and served as Vice-President of the Buddhist Society. His many books include Buddhist Texts Through the Ages (Oneworld, 1995).

Inhalt

Introduction


1. The First Five Hundred Years: 500-0 BC


2. The Second Period: AD 0-500


3. The Third Period: AD 500-1000


4. The Last One Thousand Years: AD 1000-1978


Bibliography


Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2000
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 147 x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 229 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• ISBN-10: 1-85168-221-X / 185168221X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-221-8 / 9781851682218
• Zustand: Neuware