| Challenging Paradigms: Buddhism and Nativism: Framing Identity Discourse in Buddhist Environments Contributor(s): Blezer, Teeuwen |
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ISBN: 9004231072 ISBN-13: 9789004231078 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $144.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 305.694 |
| LCCN: 2013018460 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.27 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Buddhism is often portrayed as a universalising religion that transcends the local and directs attention toward a transcendent dharma. Yet, wherever Buddhism spreads, it also sparks local identity discourses that, directly or indirectly, root the dharma in native soil and history, and, in doing so, frame 'the local' in Buddhist discourse. Occasionally, notably in Japanese Shinto and Tibetan B n, this localising variety of 'framing of discourse'--here tentatively termed 'nativism'--leads to the establishment of independent traditions that break free from Buddhism; yet, in other contexts, localising trends remain firmly embedded within Buddhism. In Challenging Paradigms: Buddhism and Nativism Teeuwen and Blezer offer a comparative study of localising responses to Buddhism in different Buddhist environments in Japan, Korea, Tibet, India and Bali. |