Buddhism and transgression : the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West /

Buddhism and transgression : the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West /

If Buddhism is to remain relevant to the contemporary era, through providing effective solutions to the proliferating and protean discursive problems encountered by its present-day practitioners, it cannot continue to ignore the role of discourse in the formation of subjectivity. In the interest of...

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Main Author: Konik, Adrian.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Numen Book Series 125.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Bouddhisme > Civilisation occidentale > 21e siècle.
Buddhismus
Buddhist philosophy.
Buddhistische Philosophie
Buddhism > Western countries.
Westliche Welt

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Call Number: BQ704 .K66 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Chapter One. The Problem Of Effective Critique /
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  • Chapter Two. Disciplinary/Bio-Power And Rational Autonomy /
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  • Chapter Three. Secularized/Medicalized Confession And The Problematization Of Rational Autonomy /
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  • Chapter Four. The Blank Canvas Of Tibet /
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  • Chapter Five. Lobsang Rampa'S The Third Eye: The Autobiography Of Atibetan Lama /
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  • Chapter Six. John Blofeld'S The Wheel Of Life: The Autobiography Of A Western Buddhist /
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  • Chapter Seven. Anagarika Govinda'S Autobiographical The Way Of The White Clouds /
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  • Chapter Eight. The 'Technological Mind,' Discourse Analysis, And The Emergence Of A New Type Of Socially Engaged Contemporary Western Buddhism /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Afterword /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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