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Beyond enlightenment : Buddhism, religion, modernity / Richard S. Cohen

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Cohen, Richard S., 1963-
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
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1 online resource (xv, 237 pages) : illustrations, plans
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Contents
Chapter 1 A BENIGN INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 A PLACE OF EXCEPTIONAL UNIVERSAL VALUE -- chapter 3 A TALE OF TWO HISTORIES -- chapter 4 THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- chapter 5 WHAT DO GODS HAVE TO DO WITH ENLIGHTENMENT? -- chapter 6 A BAROQUE CONCLUSION.
Summary
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.
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0203098781 (electronic bk.)
9780203098783
9786610521852
6610521859
9780415372947
0415372941
1134192045
9781134192045
0415372941 (Cloth)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-226) and index.
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