Peter Moran

Buddhism Observed (eBook, ePUB)

Travellers, Exiles and Tibetan Dharma in Kathmandu

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How do contemporary Westerners and Tibetans understand not only what it means to be 'Buddhist', but what it means to be hailed as one from 'the West' or from 'Tibet'? This anthropological study examines the encounter between Western travellers and Tibetan exiles in Bodhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal and analyses the importance of Buddhism in discussions of political, cultural and religious identity.
Based on extensive field research in Nepal, Buddhism Observed questions traditional assumptions about Buddhism and examines the rarely considered phenomenon of Western conversions to a non-Western religion. Scholars of Anthropology, Religion and Cultural Studies will find here a refreshing insight into how to approach 'other' societies, religions and cultures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134341849
• Artikelnr.: 38254844

Autorenporträt

Peter Moran is Director of academic programs in Kathmandu for both Trinity College, USA and the International Honors Program, Boston University, USA. He is also the academic director at the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Kathmandu University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Emanating bodies in the transnational terrain
Chapter 3 Commodities, identities and the aura of the Other
Chapter 4 Monasteries, patrons and the presence of money in a spiritualized economy
Chapter 5 Talking about monks
Chapter 6 Identifying narratives
Chapter 7 Producing (Western) Buddhists
Chapter 8 Dharma and difference
Chapter 9 Tibetan Buddhism
Notes
Bibliography
Index