Steven Collins

Broschiertes Buch

Self & Society

Essays on Pali Literature and Social Theory, 1988-2010

Beschreibung

This selection of essays demonstrates that, in the study of Buddhism, a concern with detailed accuracy in philological and textual specifics can be combined with wider philosophical and sociological issues. The essays are divided into three parts: (1) Pali Literature, (2) The Theory and Practice of Not-Self, and (3) Buddhism and Society. The last part builds on but goes beyond the work of Dumont and Max Weber in considering "world-renunciation" as a phenomenon of society and culture.

Autor

Steven Collins is Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago and a council member of the Pali Text Society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9786162150678
• ISBN-10: 6162150674
• Artikelnr.: 40048233