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Buddhism and Society
Melford E. Spiro
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Description for Buddhism and Society
Paperback. The Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is - among other reasons - both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book interprets Buddhism in the light of some theories about religion. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is - among other reasons - both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the ... Read more
The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is - among other reasons - both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
Number of Pages
530
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520046726
SKU
V9780520046726
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About Melford E. Spiro
Melford Elliot "Mel" Spiro (April 26, 1920 - October 18, 2014) was an American cultural anthropologist specializing in religion and psychological anthropology.
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