Buddhism and transgression : the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West / by Adrian Konik.

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Autore principale:	Konik, Adrian
Natura:	eBook
Lingua:	English
Pubblicazione:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Serie:	Studies in the history of religions ; 125.
Soggetti:	Buddhism > Western countries. Buddhist philosophy. RELIGION > Buddhism > History. Buddhism Buddhist philosophy Buddhismus Buddhistische Philosophie Bouddhisme > Civilisation occidentale > 21e siècle. Western countries Westliche Welt
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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.

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