04096nam 2200721 a 450 991082654700332120200520144314.01-282-75345-297866127534591-4008-2260-21-4008-1155-410.1515/9781400822607(CKB)111056486505746(EBL)581588(OCoLC)700688561(SSID)ssj0000234271(PQKBManifestationID)11216468(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234271(PQKBWorkID)10240937(PQKB)10691295(MiAaPQ)EBC581588(OCoLC)51453394(MdBmJHUP)muse36041(DE-B1597)446170(OCoLC)979757060(OCoLC)984688498(DE-B1597)9781400822607(Au-PeEL)EBL581588(CaPaEBR)ebr10035779(CaONFJC)MIL275345(PPN)187293805(EXLCZ)9911105648650574619980313d1998 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe red thread Buddhist approaches to sexuality /Bernard FaureCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc19981 online resource (vi, 338 pages)Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-691-05997-7 0-691-05998-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-331) and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --Chapter 1. The Hermeneutics of Desire --Chapter 2. Disciplining Sex, Sexualizing Discipline --Chapter 3. The Ideology of Transgression --Chapter 4. Clerical Vices and Vicissitudes --Chapter 5. Buddhist Homosexualities --Chapter 6. Boys to Men --Afterthoughts --Glossary --Bibliography --IndexIs there a Buddhist discourse on sex? In this innovative study, Bernard Faure reveals Buddhism's paradoxical attitudes toward sexuality. His remarkably broad range covers the entire geography of this religion, and its long evolution from the time of its founder, Xvkyamuni, to the premodern age. The author's anthropological approach uncovers the inherent discrepancies between the normative teachings of Buddhism and what its followers practice. Framing his discussion on some of the most prominent Western thinkers of sexuality--Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault--Faure draws from different reservoirs of writings, such as the orthodox and heterodox "doctrines" of Buddhism, and its monastic codes. Virtually untapped mythological as well as legal sources are also used. The dialectics inherent in Mahvyvna Buddhism, in particular in the Tantric and Chan/Zen traditions, seemed to allow for greater laxity and even encouraged breaking of taboos. Faure also offers a history of Buddhist monastic life, which has been buffeted by anticlerical attitudes, and by attempts to regulate sexual behavior from both within and beyond the monastery. In two chapters devoted to Buddhist homosexuality, he examines the way in which this sexual behavior was simultaneously condemned and idealized in medieval Japan. This book will appeal especially to those interested in the cultural history of Buddhism and in premodern Japanese culture. But the story of how one of the world's oldest religions has faced one of life's greatest problems makes fascinating reading for all.Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press SeriesSexReligious aspectsBuddhismBuddhismSocial aspectsSexReligious aspectsBuddhism.BuddhismSocial aspects.294.3/37857Faure Bernard83179MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826547003321The red thread4092956UNINA