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9780415544696: Buddhism, Power and Political Order
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ISBN 10: 0415544696 ISBN 13: 9780415544696
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2009

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Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist kingship is also well-attested. However, there has been little scholarly effort to integrate findings on the extent to which Buddhism interacted with the political order in the classical and modern states of Theravada Asia into a wider, comparative study.

This volume brings together the brightest minds in the study of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Their contributions create a more coherent account of the relations between Buddhism and political order in the late pre-modern and modern period by questioning the contested relationship between monastic and secular power. In doing so, they expand the very nature of what is known as the 'Theravada'.

Buddhism, Power and Political Order offers new insights for scholars of Buddhism, and it will stimulate new debates.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ian Harris is Professor of Buddhist Studies at University College of St. Martin, Lancaster and was Senior Scholar at the Becket Institute, St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford from 2001-4. He is co-founder of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies and has written widely on aspects of Buddhist ethics. His most recent book is Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice (2005) and he is currently responsible for a research project on Buddhism and Cambodian Communism at the Documentation Center of Cambodia [DC-Cam], Phnom Penh.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415544696
ISBN 13 
9780415544696
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
256
Redattore
Harris Ian
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10:  0415410185 ISBN 13:  9780415410182
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007
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