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ISBN 10: 9004178759
ISBN 13: 978-9004178755
Author: Adrian Konik
This book explores the potential interface between Foucaultian discourse analysis and the development of an indigenous rationale for the practice of contemporary Western Buddhism, along with the growing significance of such a rationale for ‘traditional’ Buddhism in an era dominated by disciplinary/bio-power.
Chapter One. The Problem of Effective Critique
Chapter Two. Disciplinary/Bio-Power and Rational Autonomy
Chapter Three. Secularized/Medicalized Confession and the Problematization of Rational Autonomy
Chapter Four. The Blank Canvas of Tibet
Chapter Five. Lobsang Rampa’s The Third Eye: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama
Chapter Six. John Blofeld’s The Wheel of Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist
Chapter Seven. Anagarika Govinda’s Autobiographical The Way of the White Clouds
Chapter Eight. The ‘Technological Mind,’ Discourse Analysis, and the Emergence of a New Type of Socially Engaged Contemporary Western Buddhism
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Tags: Adrian Konik, Buddhism, Transgression, Appropriation, Buddhism
