The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender: 4 (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series) - Image 1

Price loading...

Princeton University Press The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender: 4 (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series)

Name: https://tosheroon.com/uk/0444637133
Brand: Princeton University Press

Philosophy

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

Innumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of women's lives in Western societies. The few such works on Buddhism have been quite limited in scope. In The Power of Denial, Bernard Faure takes an important step toward redressing this situation by boldly asking: does Buddhism offer women liberation or limitation? Continuing the innovative exploration of sexuality in Buddhism he began in The Red Thread, here he moves from his earlier focus on male monastic sexuality to Buddhist conceptions of women and constructions of gender. Faure argues that Buddhism is neither as sexist nor as egalitarian as is usually thought. Above all, he asserts, the study of Buddhism through the gender lens leads us to question what we uncritically call Buddhism, in the singular. Faure challenges the conventional view that the history of women in Buddhism is a linear narrative of progress from oppression to liberation. Examining Buddhist discourse on gender in traditions such as that of Japan, he shows that patriarchy--indeed, misogyny--has long been central to Buddhism. But women were not always silent, passive victims. Faure points to the central role not only of nuns and mothers (and wives) of monks but of female mediums and courtesans, whose colorful relations with Buddhist monks he considers in particular. Ultimately, Faure concludes that while Buddhism is, in practice, relentlessly misogynist, as far as misogynist discourses go it is one of the most flexible and open to contradiction. And, he suggests, unyielding in-depth examination can help revitalize Buddhism's deeper, more ancient egalitarianism and thus subvert its existing gender hierarchy. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh, comprehensive understanding of what Buddhism has to say about gender, and of what this really says about Buddhism, singular or plural.

Product Specifications

Brand: Princeton University Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0691091714
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Philosophy
Domain: Amazon UK
Publication Date: 02 March 2003
Listed Since: 13 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Princeton University Press The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender: 4 (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series)

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality: 1 (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series)

Birth in Buddhism: The Suffering Fetus and Female Freedom (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

The Traffic in Hierarchy: Masculinity and Its Others in Buddhist Burma

Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the invisible believers (Archaeology and Religion in South Asia)

Laughter, Creativity, and Perseverance: Female Agency in Buddhism and Hinduism (AAR RELIGION CULTURE AND HISTORY SERIES)

Routledge Women in Pali Buddhism - Spiritual Paths Book

Culture / Power / History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory: 12 (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History)

Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism: The Gandavyuha-sutra (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Gender and Power: Towards Equality and Democratic Governance

Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World (Routledge Studies in Religion)

Buddhism and the Political Process

Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism

Columbia University Press - Buddhism and Medicine Anthology

The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön: A Woman of Power and Privilege

Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film

Routledge - Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Buddhist Gender Study

A Christian Exploration of Women's Bodies and Rebirth in Shin Buddhism

Buddhist Literature as Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy as Literature

Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns: An Intersectional Study (The Study of Religion in a Global Context)

Caste and Gender in Contemporary India: Power, Privilege and Politics

Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia (Routledge Studies in Religion)

Buddhism and Religious Diversity (Critical Concepts in Religious Studies)

Transnational Feminist Politics, Education, and Social Justice: Post Democracy and Post Truth