Beyond Enlightenment
Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
Seiten
2009
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-54444-3 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-54444-3 (ISBN)
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. Richard Cohen adeptly investigates some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism.
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment.
Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation.
Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history.
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment.
Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation.
Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history.
Richard S. Cohen is Associate Professor of South Asian Religious Literatures at the University of California, San Diego. This is his first book, though he has published numerous articles in such venues as the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and History of Religions. He is now working on a study of Buddhism and counterculture.
Preface 1. A Benign Introduction 2. A Place of Exceptional Universal Value 3. A Tale of Two Histories 4. The Anthropology of Enlightenment 5. What Do Gods Have to Do With Enlightenment? 6. A Baroque. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.4.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Anthroposophie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-54444-0 / 0415544440 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-54444-3 / 9780415544443 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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