02055nam 2200349 450 991047679720332120230512032041.0(CKB)5470000000566574(NjHacI)995470000000566574(EXLCZ)99547000000056657420230512d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeyond Enlightenment /Richard Cohen[Place of publication not identified] :Taylor & Francis,2006.1 online resource1-134-19200-2 Preface -- 1. A Benign Introduction -- 2. A Place of Exceptional Universal Value -- 3. A Tale of Two Histories -- 4. The Anthropology of Enlightenment -- 5. What Do Gods Have to Do With Enlightenment? -- 6. A Baroque. -- Conclusion. -- Bibliography. -- Index.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.Religious lifeReligious life.204.4Cohen Richard1357580NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476797203321Beyond Enlightenment3363852UNINA