Format:
1 online resource (395 pages)
ISBN:
9781351026642
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Technical notes -- Theravāda Civilizations Project -- Introduction -- Introduction -- The very idea of Theravāda -- Theravāda Civilizations -- Organization of the handbook -- References -- Part I: Ideas/Ideals -- Chapter 1: Theravāda: Sectarianism and diversity in Mahāvihāra historiography -- Introduction -- Sect and Nikāya -- Theravāda as a Buddhist sect -- Nāgārjunakoṇḍa: early positioning in a multi-sectarian environment -- A bold claim of exclusive authenticity: Theravāda in the Dīpavaṃsa and the Mahāvaṃsa -- Buddhist diversity in a retrospective view: the Nikāyasaṅgraha -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Pāli: Its place in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition -- Authoritative tradition -- The language of Buddhas -- The root language -- The language of Magadha -- A classical language -- The Pāli imaginaire and the idea of a canon -- Organization and reform -- Elaboration -- Encompassment -- Indexical power -- From rhetoric to magic -- Performative rituals -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Circulations: Linked spaces and divergent temporalities in the Pāli world -- Introduction -- Sukhothai 1 -- Networks -- Networks reconsidered -- Circulatory processes -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Statecraft: From Buddhist kingship to modern states -- Introduction -- Buddhist kingship and statecraft in the Pāli-Sanskrit cosmopolis -- Localizations: Statecraft in premodern Lao and Tai Kingdoms -- Theravāda Buddhism and modern statecraft -- References -- Chapter 5: Reform: Ideas and events in modern Theravāda reformism -- Introduction -- New ways of knowing -- Scripturalism in Siam -- Mid-20th century reformers -- Reform and media.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138493933
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138493933
Language:
English
