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Although Buddhism is known for emphasizing the importance of
detachment from materiality and money, in the last few decades
Buddhists have become increasingly ensconced in the global market
economy. The contributors to this volume address how Buddhists have
become active participants in market dynamics in a global age, and
how Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike engage Buddhism economically.
Whether adopting market logics to promote the Buddha's teachings,
serving as a source of semantics and technologies to maximize
company profits, or reacting against the marketing and branding of
the religion, Buddhists in the twenty-first century are marked by a
heightened engagement with capitalism. Eight case studies present
new research on contemporary Buddhist economic dynamics with an
emphasis on not only the economic dimensions of religion, but also
the religious dimensions of economic relations. In a wide range of
geographic settings from Asia to Europe and beyond, the studies
examine institutional as well as individual actions and responses
to Buddhist economic relations. The research in this volume
illustrates Buddhism's positioning in various ways - as a religion,
spirituality, and non-religion; an identification, tradition, and
culture; a source of values and morals; a world-view and way of
life; a philosophy and science; even an economy, brand, and
commodity. The work explores Buddhism's flexible and shifting
qualities within the context of capitalism, and consumer society's
reshaping of its portrayal and promotion in contemporary societies
worldwide.
Although Buddhism is known for emphasizing the importance of
detachment from materiality and money, in the last few decades
Buddhists have become increasingly ensconced in the global market
economy. The contributors to this volume address how Buddhists have
become active participants in market dynamics in a global age, and
how Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike engage Buddhism economically.
Whether adopting market logics to promote the Buddha's teachings,
serving as a source of semantics and technologies to maximize
company profits, or reacting against the marketing and branding of
the religion, Buddhists in the twenty-first century are marked by a
heightened engagement with capitalism. Eight case studies present
new research on contemporary Buddhist economic dynamics with an
emphasis on not only the economic dimensions of religion, but also
the religious dimensions of economic relations. In a wide range of
geographic settings from Asia to Europe and beyond, the studies
examine institutional as well as individual actions and responses
to Buddhist economic relations. The research in this volume
illustrates Buddhism's positioning in various ways-as a religion,
spirituality, and non-religion; an identification, tradition, and
culture; a source of values and morals; a world-view and way of
life; a philosophy and science; even an economy, brand, and
commodity. The work explores Buddhism's flexible and shifting
qualities within the context of capitalism, and consumer society's
reshaping of its portrayal and promotion in contemporary societies
worldwide.
The speed and extent of the Tibetan Buddhist monastic revival make
it one of the most extraordinary stories of religious resurgence in
post-Mao China. At the end of the 1970s, there were no working
monasteries; within a decade, thousands had been reconstructed and
repopulated. Most studies have focused on the political challenges
facing Tibetan monasteries, emphasizing their relationship to the
Chinese state. Yet, in their efforts to revive and develop their
institutions, monks have also had to negotiate a rapidly changing
society, playing a delicate balancing act fraught with moral
dilemma as well as political danger. Drawing on the recent "moral
turn" in anthropology, this volume, the first full-length
ethnographic study of the subject, explores the social and moral
dimensions of monastic revival and reform across a range of Geluk
monasteries in northeast Tibet (Amdo/Qinghai Province) from the
1980s on. Author Jane Caple's analysis shows that ideas and debates
about how best to maintain the mundane bases of monastic
Buddhism-economy and population-are intermeshed with those
concerning the proper role and conduct of monks and the ethics of
monastic-lay relations. Facing a shrinking monastic population,
monks are grappling with the impacts of secular education,
demographic transition, rising living standards, urbanization, and
marketization, all of which have driven debates within Buddhism
elsewhere and fueled perceptions of monastic decline. Some
Tibetans-including monks-are even questioning the "good" of the
mass form of monasticism that has been a distinctive feature of
Tibetan society for hundreds of years. Given monastic Buddhism's
integral position in Tibetan community life and association with
Tibetan identity, Caple argues that its precarity in relation to
Tibetan society raises questions about its future that go well
beyond the issue of religious freedom.
The speed and extent of the Tibetan Buddhist monastic revival make
it one of the most extraordinary stories of religious resurgence in
post-Mao China. At the end of the 1970s, there were no working
monasteries; within a decade, thousands had been reconstructed and
repopulated. Most studies have focused on the political challenges
facing Tibetan monasteries, emphasizing their relationship to the
Chinese state. Yet, in their efforts to revive and develop their
institutions, monks have also had to negotiate a rapidly changing
society, playing a delicate balancing act fraught with moral
dilemma as well as political danger. Drawing on the recent "moral
turn" in anthropology, this volume, the first full-length
ethnographic study of the subject, explores the social and moral
dimensions of monastic revival and reform across a range of Geluk
monasteries in northeast Tibet (Amdo/Qinghai province) from the
1980s on. Author Jane Caple's analysis shows that ideas and debates
about how best to maintain the mundane bases of monastic
Buddhism-economy and population-are intermeshed with those
concerning the proper role and conduct of monks and the ethics of
monastic-lay relations. Facing a shrinking monastic population,
monks are grappling with the impacts of secular education,
demographic transition, rising living standards, urbanization, and
marketization, all of which have driven debates within Buddhism
elsewhere and fueled perceptions of monastic decline. Some
Tibetans-including monks-are even questioning the "good" of the
mass form of monasticism that has been a distinctive feature of
Tibetan society for hundreds of years. Given monastic Buddhism's
integral position in Tibetan community life and association with
Tibetan identity, Caple argues that its precarity in relation to
Tibetan society raises questions about its future that go well
beyond the issue of religious freedom.
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