Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions: NIRVana and Other Buddhist Felicities (Hardcover)
By Steven Collins; John Clayton; Chester D Tripp Professor in the Humanities Steven CollinsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
EAN-13: 9780521570541ISBN-10: 0-521-57054-9
Book Description
This book presents a new answer to the question: what is nirvana? Part One distinguishes between systematic and narrative thought in the Pali texts of Theravada Buddhism, looking at the place of nirvana in both. Part Two explores other Buddhist utopias and relates Buddhist utopianism to studies of European and American utopian writing. Steven Collins discusses these issues in relation to textuality, world history, and ideology in premodern civilizations, aiming to contribute to a new vision of Buddhist history that integrates the inside and the outside of texts.
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