Sociology of early buddhism, the
Auteur :
Bailey, Greg / Mabbett, Ian
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521831161
Date de publication :
27 nov. 2003
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,2 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
625 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Early Buddhism flourished because it took up the challenge represented by buoyant economic conditions in the newly emergent Indian states from the fifth century BCE. This book begins with the apparent inconsistency of Buddhism, a renunciant movement surviving within a strong urban environment, and draws out the implications of this.