ISBN:
0511071426
,
9780511071423
,
1280415541
,
9781280415548
,
0511062966
,
9780511062964
,
9780511488283
,
0511488289
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (1 v.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Sociology of early Buddhism
DDC:
306.6943
Keywords:
Buddhism Social aspects
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India
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Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) India
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Buddhism History
;
India, Northeastern
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Bouddhisme Aspect social
;
Asie méridionale
;
Médiation Aspect religieux
;
Bouddhisme
;
Vie religieuse et monastique Bouddhisme
;
Asie méridionale
;
Buddhism Social aspects
;
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
;
Buddhism History
;
Buddhism Social aspects
;
Buddhism History
;
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
;
Buddhism Social aspects
;
South Asia
;
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) South Asia
;
India
;
India, Northeastern
;
Buddhism
;
Buddhism ; Social aspects
;
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion
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History
;
India
;
Northeastern India
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
Early Buddhism flourished because it took up the challenge represented by buoyant economic conditions in the newly emergent Indian states from the fifth century BCE. This book begins with the apparent inconsistency of Buddhism, a renunciant movement surviving within a strong urban environment, and draws out the implications of this
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; BUDDHISM AS PROCESS: THREE VERSIONS OF BUDDHISM; THE INCOMMENSURABILITY OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS; 1 The problem: asceticism and urban life; THE EMPEROR'S CLOTHES; TRADE, CITIES, CENTRALIZED STATES AND REMEMBERED TRIBALISM; LEGITIMATION OF COMMERCIAL VALUES; PROTEST AGAINST COMMERCIAL VALUES; LEGITIMATION OF CITY LIFE; PROTEST AGAINST CITY LIFE; LEGITIMATION OF THE CENTRALIZED STATE; PROTEST AGAINST THE CENTRALIZED STATE; LEGITIMATION OF POST-TRIBAL CULTURE; PROTEST AGAINST POST-TRIBAL CULTURE.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488283
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