Why I Am Not a Buddhist
Evan Thompson • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300248708
Why I Am Not a Buddhist
Evan Thompson • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300248709 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300248708
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Evan Thompson offers a rigorous philosophical critique of the concept of Buddhist exceptionalism, examining the intersection of contemplative practices and modern scientific inquiry. By challenging the idealized narrative of Buddhism as a purely rational or empirical tradition, the author interrogates the historical and cultural assumptions that sustain contemporary Buddhist modernism.
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