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.
| ISBN: | 9786162150678 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2014 |
| Author: | Steven Collins |
| Publisher: | Silkworm an imprint of Silkworm Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 328 pages |
| Series: | Self and Society |
| Genres: |
East Asian and Indian philosophy Buddhism Asian history |