Curators of the Buddha The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism

Name: Curators of the Buddha The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism
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ISBN: 9780226493091

ISBN-10: 0226493091

ISBN-13: 9780226493091

Edition: 1995

Authors: Donald S. Lopez Jr.

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Curators of the Buddha is the first critical history of the study of Buddhism in the West and the first work to bring the insights of colonial and postcolonial cultural studies to bear on this field. After an overview of the origins of Buddhist studies in the early nineteenth century, the essays focus on important "curators of the Buddha," such as Aurel Stein, D. T. Suzuki, and Carl Jung, who, as they created and maintained the discipline, played a significant role in disseminating knowledge about Buddhism in the West. The essays bring to life many of the important but unexamined social, political, and cultural conditions that have shaped the course of Buddhist studies for more than a…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction




Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravada Buddhism




Inside the Wonder House: Buddhist Art and the West




The Zen of Japanese Nationalism




Giuseppe Tucci, or Buddhology in the Age of Fascism




Oriental Wisdom and the Cure of Souls: Jung and the Indian East




Foreigner at the Lama's Feet



List of Contributors