02098nam 2200373 450 991047684390332120221225210336.0(CKB)5470000000566259(NjHacI)995470000000566259(EXLCZ)99547000000056625920221225d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArchitects of Buddhist leisure socially disengaged Buddhism in Asia's museums, monuments, and amusement parks /Justin McDanielHonolulu :University of Hawaiʻi Press,2016.1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages)Contemporary Buddhism0-8248-7975-9 Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's culture of Buddhist leisure through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how "secular" and "religious," "public" and "private," are in many ways false binaries. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture.Contemporary Buddhism.Architects of Buddhist Leisure Architecture and recreationArchitecture and recreation.725.8McDaniel Justin1025788NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476843903321Architects of Buddhist Leisure2439556UNINA