03490nam 2200757Ia 450 991082061630332120230424215839.00-7914-8912-40-585-47621-7(CKB)111087027854204(OCoLC)61367553(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587248(SSID)ssj0000115426(PQKBManifestationID)11143652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115426(PQKBWorkID)10009531(PQKB)10766515(MiAaPQ)EBC3408049(OCoLC)53226295(MdBmJHUP)muse5844(Au-PeEL)EBL3408049(CaPaEBR)ebr10587248(DE-B1597)681833(DE-B1597)9780791489123(EXLCZ)9911108702785420420010802h20022002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Buddhist history of the West studies in lack /David R. LoyAlbany :State University of New York Press,2002.©20021 online resource (vii, 244 pages)SUNY series in religious studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5259-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Lack of Freedom -- The Lack of Progress -- The Renaissance of Lack -- The Lack of Modernity -- The Lack of Civil Society -- Preparing for Something That Never Happens -- The Religion of the Market -- Afterword: The Future of Lack -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexBuddhism teaches that to become happy, greed, ill-will, and delusion must be transformed into their positive counterparts: generosity, compassion, and wisdom. The history of the West, like all histories, has been plagued by the consequences of greed, ill-will, and delusion. A Buddhist History of the West investigates how individuals have tried to ground themselves to make themselves feel more real. To be self-conscious is to experience ungroundedness as a sense of lack, but what is lacking has been understood differently in different historical periods. Author David R. Loy examines how the understanding of lack changes at historical junctures and shows how those junctures were so crucial in the development of the West.Civilization, WesternPsychological aspectsCivilization, WesternPhilosophyCivilization, WesternClassical influencesBuddhist philosophyBuddhismDoctrinesSelf (Philosophy)Identity (Psychology)Self-consciousness (Awareness)Civilization, WesternPsychological aspects.Civilization, WesternPhilosophy.Civilization, WesternClassical influences.Buddhist philosophy.BuddhismDoctrines.Self (Philosophy)Identity (Psychology)Self-consciousness (Awareness)909/.09821Loy David1947-687596MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820616303321A Buddhist history of the West4091756UNINA