Buddha: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Buddha: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192854537

ISBN-10: 0192854534

ISBN-13: 9780192854537

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael Carrithers

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Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance.

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Michael Carrithers is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University. He is author of a biography of the Buddha and of "Why Humans Have Cultures" (Oxford University Press, 1992). He has also written about Buddhist forest monks and of Jainism in India. At present he is researching rhetoric and public culture in East Germany.




Introduction



Early life and renunciation



To the awakening



The awakening



The mission and the death


Further Reading


Index