Beyond Enlightenment

Buddhism, Religion, Modernity

By:

Richard Cohen

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

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The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history.

Author Biography:

Richard S. Cohen is Associate Professor of South Asian Religious Literatures at the University of California, San Diego. This is his first book, though he has published numerous articles in such venues as the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and History of Religions. He is now working on a study of Buddhism and counterculture.

Release date Australia

May 3rd, 2006

Author

Richard Cohen

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

2 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

240

Series

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

Dimensions

156x234x17

ISBN-13

9780415372947

Product ID

2566409

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