A Buddhist history of the West : studies in lack / / David R. Loy

• Autore: Loy David <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages)
• Disciplina: 909/.09821
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Western - Psychological aspects; Civilization, Western - Philosophy; Civilization, Western - Classical influences; Buddhist philosophy; Buddhism - Doctrines; Self (Philosophy); Identity (Psychology); Self-consciousness (Awareness)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Buddhism 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Buddhist history of the West
• ISBN: 0-7914-8912-4; 0-585-47621-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820616303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II