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Abstract / Summary

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 problematizing such 'ignorance,' this book explores the potential interface between Foucaultian discourse analysis and the development of an indigenous rationale for the practice of contemporary Western Buddhism, along with the growing significance of such a rationale for 'traditional' Buddhism in an era dominated by disciplinary/bio-power. Through doing so, this book radically re-conceptualizes the role of Buddhism in the world today by linking Buddhist practice with acts of discursive transgression.

Field of Interest

Religion & Thought

Author

Adrian Konik, fl. 2009

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands

Content Type

General reference book

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Text

Page Count

221

Publication Year

2009

Publisher

Brill (Publisher)

Place Published / Released

Leiden, South Holland

Series Number

125

Subject

Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Belief Systems, الفلسفة, Philosophie, Falsafa, פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה, Filosofía, Filosofia, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças, Gautama Buddha, 480 BC-400 BC, Buddhist, Buddhists, Attitudes toward, Esoteric, Buddhism, Vajrayāna, Tibetan

Series / Program

Numen Book Series

Keywords and Translated Subjects

الفلسفة, Philosophie, Falsafa, פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה, Filosofía, Filosofia, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças