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dc.contributor.authorMcDaniel, Justin Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-13 03:00:31
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:43:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-30 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-13 03:00:31
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:43:08Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:43:08Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-30
dc.identifier626388
dc.identifierOCN: 965772665en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31632
dc.description.abstractBuddhism, 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesContemporary Buddhism
dc.subject.otherPhilosophy
dc.subject.otherPhilosophy
dc.subject.otherBuddhism
dc.subject.otherGautama Buddha
dc.subject.otherJapa
dc.subject.otherLumbini
dc.subject.otherMonastery
dc.subject.otherThailand
dc.titleArchitects of Buddhist Leisure
dc.title.alternativeSocially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/oapen_626388
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy3fe12fec-6f5e-4c52-b268-b65ab05c85d3
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9780824874407;9780824879754
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.grant.number100419
oapen.grant.programKU Select 2016 Front List Collection
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Buddhism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism; Gautama Buddha - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha; Japa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japa; Lumbini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbini; Monastery - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery; Thailand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
oapen.identifier.isbn9780824874407
grantor.number100419
oapen.identifier.ocn965772665


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