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SKU (ISBN): 9780521355032
ISBN10: 0521355036
Philip Almond
Binding: Cloth Text
Published: August 1988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This is the first book to examine the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerge from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure. Almond’s exploration of British interpretations of Buddhism–of its founder, its doctrines, its ethics, its social practices, its truth and value–illuminates more than the various aspects of Buddhist culture: it sheds light on the Victorian society making these judgements.
SKU (ISBN): 9780521355032
ISBN10: 0521355036
Philip Almond
Binding: Cloth Text
Published: August 1988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print On Demand Product
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