Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi: Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace

ISBN-13: 9781786077714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 320 str.

Sophia Rose Arjana

Opis

How Eastern religions are commodified in the modern world, and why it matters

Recenzje

'Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi highlights the hidden costs of what would appear to be positive stereotypes about Eastern religiosity. In doing so, Arjana interrogates cultural colonialism, i.e. the borrowing of other people's cultures and religions without giving credit to actual persons and institutions... With its comprehensive theoretically informed approach and exciting case studies, I would especially recommend this book for use in undergraduate classes.'

Religion (Liz Wilson, Miami University)

Spis treści

Introduction

1 Histories of Religion and Mysticism

2 Cultural Colonialism, Muddled Orientalism, and the Mystic Poor

3 Mysticism, Incorporated

4 Hindu Hippies and Boulder Buddhists

5 Rumimaniacs

6 Lost, Star Wars, and Mystical Hollywood

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her previous books include Pilgrimage in Islam and Muslims in the Western Imagination, which was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.