From Indra's Net to Internet : : Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas / / Daniel Veidlinger; ed. by Mark Michael Rowe.
In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution t...
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Veidlinger, Daniel, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut From Indra's Net to Internet : Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas / Daniel Veidlinger; ed. by Mark Michael Rowe. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (288 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Contemporary Buddhism Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Media Theory and the Study of Buddhism -- CHAPTER TWO. Wheeling and Dealing: Transportation, Communication, and Axial Age Religion -- CHAPTER THREE. Discourse and the Buddha: Trade, Urbanization, and Communication in Ancient India -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Information Superhighway of Old: Buddhism along the Silk Road -- CHAPTER FIVE. Electrifying Indra's Net: How the Internet Shapes the Reception of Buddhist Ideas -- CHAPTER SIX. Self, Selfies, and Selflessness in Cyberspace -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Thus Have I Clicked: Quantitative Data and Survey Results for Buddhism Online -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: Computer-Mediated Communication and the Future of Buddhist Ideas -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution to show how Buddhism arose in the largely urban milieu of Axial Age northeastern India and spread rapidly along the transportation and trading nodes of the Silk Road, where it appealed to merchants and traders from a variety of backgrounds. Throughout, he compares early phases of Buddhism with contemporary developments in which rapid changes in patterns of social interaction were also experienced and brought about by large-scale urbanization and growth in communication and transportation. In both cases, such changes supported the expansive consciousness needed to allow Buddhism to germinate. Veidlinger argues that Buddhist ideas tend to fare well in certain media environments; through a careful analysis of communications used in these contexts, he finds persuasive parallels with modern advances in communications technology that amplify the conditions and effects found along ancient trade routes.From Indra's Net to Internet incorporates historical research as well as data collected using computer-based analysis of user-generated web content to demonstrate that robust communication networks, which allow for relatively easy contact among a variety of people, support a de-centered understanding of the self, greater compassion for others, an appreciation of interdependence, a universal outlook, and a reduction in emphasis on the efficacy of ritual-all of which lie at the heart of the Buddha's teachings. The book's interdisciplinary approach should appeal to those interested in not only Buddhism, media studies and history, but also computer science, cognitive science, and cultural evolution. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Buddhism Computer networks. Buddhism History. Cyberspace Religious aspects Buddhism. Internet Religious aspects Buddhism. RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). bisacsh Rowe, Mark Michael, editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018 9783110719550 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110658118 print 9780824873400 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824876289 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824876289 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824876289/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Media Theory and the Study of Buddhism -- CHAPTER TWO. Wheeling and Dealing: Transportation, Communication, and Axial Age Religion -- CHAPTER THREE. Discourse and the Buddha: Trade, Urbanization, and Communication in Ancient India -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Information Superhighway of Old: Buddhism along the Silk Road -- CHAPTER FIVE. Electrifying Indra's Net: How the Internet Shapes the Reception of Buddhist Ideas -- CHAPTER SIX. Self, Selfies, and Selflessness in Cyberspace -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Thus Have I Clicked: Quantitative Data and Survey Results for Buddhism Online -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: Computer-Mediated Communication and the Future of Buddhist Ideas -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Media Theory and the Study of Buddhism -- CHAPTER TWO. Wheeling and Dealing: Transportation, Communication, and Axial Age Religion -- CHAPTER THREE. Discourse and the Buddha: Trade, Urbanization, and Communication in Ancient India -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Information Superhighway of Old: Buddhism along the Silk Road -- CHAPTER FIVE. Electrifying Indra's Net: How the Internet Shapes the Reception of Buddhist Ideas -- CHAPTER SIX. Self, Selfies, and Selflessness in Cyberspace -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Thus Have I Clicked: Quantitative Data and Survey Results for Buddhism Online -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: Computer-Mediated Communication and the Future of Buddhist Ideas -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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