Publication

2013 - Brill, Leiden, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

72,500 words, Guess

Page Count

290 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC305.6/943
  • LCCBQ4600 .B825 2013

Description

Buddhism is often portrayed as a universalising religion that transcends the local and directs attention toward a transcendent dharma. Yet, wherever Buddhism spreads, it also sparks local identity discourses that, directly or indirectly, root the dharma in native soil and history, and, in doing so, frame "the local" in Buddhist discourse. Occasionally, notably in Japanese Shinto and Tibetan Bön, this localising variety of "framing of discourse"--Here tentatively termed "nativism"-leads to the establishment of independent traditions that break free from Buddhism; yet, in other contexts, localising trends remain firmly embedded within Buddhism. In 'Challenging paradigms: buddhism and nativism' Teeuwen and Blezer offer a comparative study of localising responses to Buddhism in different Buddhist environments in Japan, Korea, Tibet, India and Bali.

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