Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism

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Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism

Name: Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism
ISBN: 9780521397261

Steven Collins

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This book explains the Buddhist doctrine of annatt? (''not-self''), which denies the existence of any self, soul, or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahman background. He shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self. Although the emphasis of the book is firmly philosophical, Dr. Collins makes use of a number of academic disciplines, particularly those of anthropology, linguistics, sociology, and comparative religion, in an attempt to discover the ''deep structure'' of Buddhist culture and imagination, and to make these doctrines comprehensible in terms of the western history of ideas.

Kategorije:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Godina:

1990

Izdavač:

Cambridge University Press

Jezik:

english

Strane:

336

ISBN 10:

052139726X