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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ober, Douglas. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Dust on the throne [Texte imprimé] : the search for Buddhism in modern India / Douglas Ober
Publication : Stanford (Calif.) : Stanford University press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (391 pages) : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : South Asia in motion
Lien à la collection : South Asia in motion
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. et bibliogr. pages 293-363. Index"Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in the early 1800s. Its full-fledged revival, so the story goes, only occurred in 1956, when the Indian civil rights pioneer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with half a million of his Dalit (formerly "untouchable") followers. This, however, is only part of the story. Dust on the Throne reframes discussions about the place of Buddhism in the subcontinent from the early nineteenth century onwards, uncovering the integral, yet unacknowledged, role that Indians played in the making of modern global Buddhism in the century prior to Ambedkar's conversion, and the numerous ways that Buddhism gave powerful shape to modern Indian history. Through an extensive examination of disparate materials held at archives and temples across South Asia, Douglas Ober explores Buddhist religious dynamics in an age of expanding colonial empires, intra-Asian connectivity, and the histories of Buddhism produced by nineteenth and twentieth century Indian thinkers. While Buddhism in contemporary in India is often disparaged as being little more than tattered manuscripts and crumbling ruins, this book opens new avenues for understanding its substantial socio-political impact and intellectual legacy"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre : - Autre forme du titre : Search for Buddhism in modern India
Sujet(s) : Bouddhisme -- Inde -- Histoire -- XIXe siècle Bouddhisme -- Inde -- Histoire -- XXe siècle
Indice(s) Dewey : 294.309 54 (23e éd.) = Bouddhisme - Asie du Sud Inde
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781503635036 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47259374c
Notice n° : FRBNF47259374 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; a dependent arising ; 1. The agony of memory ; 2. Dispelling darkness ; 3. Banyan tree Buddhism ; 4. Brahmanizing Buddhism ; 5. The snake and the mongoose ; 6. When the Buddha met Marx ; 7. The Buddha nation ; Conclusion ; hus have I heard...