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| The Affective Politics of Karma among Buddhist Cancer Charities in Vietnam | ||
| 作者 | Swenson, Sara (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Vietnamese Studies |
| 卷期 | v.15 n.4 Fall |
| 出版日期 | 2020 |
| 頁次 | 33 - 62 |
| 出版者 | University of California Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://journals.ucpress.edu |
| 出版地 | Chicago, IL, US [芝加哥, 伊利諾伊州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. Special Issue: The Affective Turn in Ethnographies of Buddhism. 2. Author Affiliation: Dartmouth College, USA. |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddhism; charity; cancer; karma; affect theory |
| 摘要 | In this article, I explore how Buddhist charity workers in Vietnam interpret rising cancer rates through understandings of karma. Rather than framing cancer as a primarily physical or medical phenomenon, volunteers state that cancer is a product of collective moral failure. Corruption in public food production is both caused by and perpetuates bad karma, which negatively impacts global existence. Conversely, charity work creates merit, which can improve collective karma and benefit all living beings. I argue that through such interpretations of karma, Buddhist volunteers understand their charity at cancer hospitals as an affective and ethical form of public health intervention. |
| ISSN | 1559372X (P); 15593738 (E) |
| DOI | 10.1525/vs.2020.15.4.33 |
| 點閱次數 | 181 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.06.20 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.06.24 |
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