UID:
edoccha_9959148202702883
Format:
1 online resource (256 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-19204-5
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1-134-19205-3
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1-280-52185-6
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9786610521852
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0-203-09878-1
Series Statement:
Routledge critical studies in Buddhism
Content:
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, wh
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; HALF TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 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; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-54444-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-37294-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203098783
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