LEADER 02788 am 22006493u 450 001 9910348237203321 005 20170816122104.0 010 $a1-134-19204-5 010 $a1-134-19205-3 010 $a1-280-52185-6 010 $a9786610521852 010 $a0-203-09878-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203098783 035 $a(CKB)1000000000359349 035 $a(EBL)268606 035 $a(OCoLC)475994224 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110904 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11778095 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110904 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074200 035 $a(PQKB)10036444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC268606 035 $a(OCoLC)71303801 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000359349 100 $a20180331d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond enlightenment $eBuddhism, religion, modernity /$fRichard Cohen 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge critical studies in Buddhism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-54444-0 311 $a0-415-37294-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBOOK COVER; HALF TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 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; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThe vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha's enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, wh 410 0$aRoutledge critical studies in Buddhism. 606 $aEnlightenment (Buddhism) 606 $aEnlightenment 606 $aReligious awakening$vComparative studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnlightenment (Buddhism) 615 0$aEnlightenment. 615 0$aReligious awakening 676 $a294.3442 700 $aCohen$b Richard$f1963,$0993038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910348237203321 996 $aBeyond enlightenment$92273928 997 $aUNINA