Buddhism and transgression : the appropriation of Buddhism in the contemporary West / / by Adrian Konik.
If Buddhism is to remain relevant to the contemporary era, through providing effective solutions to the proliferating and protean discursive problems encountered by its present-day practitioners, it cannot continue to ignore the role of discourse in the formation of subjectivity. In the interest of...
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| Superior document: | Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions ; 125 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of religions ;
125. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Materials / A. Konik
- Introduction / A. Konik
- Chapter One. The Problem Of Effective Critique / A. Konik
- Chapter Two. Disciplinary/Bio-Power And Rational Autonomy / A. Konik
- Chapter Three. Secularized/Medicalized Confession And The Problematization Of Rational Autonomy / A. Konik
- Chapter Four. The Blank Canvas Of Tibet / A. Konik
- Chapter Five. Lobsang Rampa’S The Third Eye: The Autobiography Of Atibetan Lama / A. Konik
- Chapter Six. John Blofeld’S The Wheel Of Life: The Autobiography Of A Western Buddhist / A. Konik
- Chapter Seven. Anagarika Govinda’S Autobiographical The Way Of The White Clouds / A. Konik
- Chapter Eight. The ‘Technological Mind,’ Discourse Analysis, And The Emergence Of A New Type Of Socially Engaged Contemporary Western Buddhism / A. Konik
- Conclusion / A. Konik
- Afterword / A. Konik
- Bibliography / A. Konik
- Index / A. Konik.