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| Is Buddhism Individualistic? The Trouble with a Term | ||
| 作者 | Brown, Donna Lynn (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Buddhist Ethics |
| 卷期 | v.28 |
| 出版日期 | 2021 |
| 頁次 | 54 - 99 |
| 出版者 | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
| 出版者網址 | https://history.la.psu.edu/ |
| 出版地 | University Park, PA, US |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | Western scholars have been calling expressions of Buddhism “individualistic”—or denying the charge—since the 1800s. This article argues that “individualism” and related terms are sometimes problematic when applied to Buddhism. Because they are associated with Western modernity, they contribute to hegemonic discourses about Asia and Buddhism, skew representations, and reinforce stereotypes. Because their referents have been many and varied—including escaping caste and family, asociality, lay practice, and racism—their use leads to imprecision, confusion, and lack of comparability among analyses. And because they have moral connotations, they can blend observation with valuation and polemic. The article examines selected scholarly works that maintain or deny that Buddhism is individualistic, highlights problems associated with the term, and concludes that, in many cases, more precise and less value-laden descriptors should be found. |
| 目次 | Introduction 56 Understanding Individualism 57 Before Individualism 59 Phase 1: Aligning Buddhism with Western Modernity 60 Phase 2: Differentiating Buddhism from Western Modernity 64 Phase 3: Aligning Buddhism with Western Progressivism 70 Phase 4: Distinguishing Modern from Premodern 75 Phase 5: Distinguishing Identity Groups 81 Phase 6: Distinguishing Postmodern from Modern 86 Conclusion 88 |
| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 140 |
| 建檔日期 | 2022.02.15 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.02.15 |
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