The gods and the heretics : crisis and ruin of Indian Buddhism / Giovanni Verardi ; appendices by Federica Barba
This book is not so much about Buddhism, as about Indian history, a general knowledge of which is taken for granted. It is a kind of advanced history of India aimed at discussing the mechanisms that started to set in motion the events that, with increasing force, characterised the Indian middle age...
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Place / Publishing House: | New Delhi : Aditya Prakashan, Buenos Aires : Fundación Bodhiyāna, 2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Classification: | 11.93 - Buddhismus 15.77 - Indischer Subkontinent |
Physical Description: | 676 Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme; 23 cm |
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Summary: | This book is not so much about Buddhism, as about Indian history, a general knowledge of which is taken for granted. It is a kind of advanced history of India aimed at discussing the mechanisms that started to set in motion the events that, with increasing force, characterised the Indian middle age until the thirteenth century, and at examining the often elusive or disregarded evidence that document the weakening and collapse of Buddhism. The historical domain covered by this book is thus one where an antinomial model takes the shape of a religious system, Buddhism, which is bound, by ideology and violence, from within and without, to renegotiate continuously and dramatically its own antinomial position. In the course of the historical process, this resulted either in being suppressed or else in being cornered into a subaltern position. |
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ISBN: | 9788193462164 8193462165 |
ac_no: | AC15187363 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Giovanni Verardi ; appendices by Federica Barba |