Name: Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand (en Inglés)
SKU: 54112980
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Author: McDaniel, Justin Thomas
ISBN: 9789813251502

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Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Justin Thomas McDaniel

Editorial

National University of Singapore Press

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

360

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.6x15x1.3 cm

Peso

0.43 kg.

ISBN13

9789813251502

Categorías

Religión y política
Vida y práctica budistas

Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand (en Inglés)

Justin Thomas McDaniel (Autor) · National University of Singapore Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand (en Inglés)"

A collection of essays engaging with Buddhism in Thailand and the virtues of distraction and variety within the materialist turn in studies of religion. In Thailand, Buddhism is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, making it tempting to think of Buddhism in Thailand as a textual, institutional, cultural, and conceptual whole. At the same time, religious expression in the country reflects anything but a single order. Often gaudy, cacophonous, variegated, and jumbled, diversity and apparent contradiction abound. A more open engagement with Buddhism in Thailand requires a willingness to be distracted, to step away from received hierarchies and follow the intriguing detail in the ornate design, the odd textual reference, and to prefer "thin description" over a search for meaning. Justin McDaniel's well-known book-length writings in Buddhist and Theravada studies cannot be fully understood without taking into account his shorter writings, what he calls his wayward distractions. Collected together for the first time, these essays cover subjects ranging from ornamental art to marriage and emotion, the role of Hinduism, neglected gender and ethnic diversity, Buddhist inflections in contemporary art practice, and the boundaries between the living, dead, and undead. These writings will be of importance to students of Theravada and Thailand, of religion in Southeast Asia and more generally, of the materialist turn in studies of religion.