Romantic Dharma [electronic resource] : The Emergence of Buddhism into Nineteenth-Century Europe /
Lussier, M.author.
Romantic Dharma maps the emergence of Buddhism into European consciousness during the first half of the nineteenth century, probes the shared ethical and intellectual commitments embedded in Buddhist and Romantic thought, and proposes potential ways by which those insights translate into contemporary critical and pedagogical practices.
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Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Buddhism and Romanticism; 2 The Strange Case of Alexander Csoma de Körös; 3 Romanticism's Four Noble Truths; 4 Inner Revolution: The Luminous Mind of Enlightenment; 5 Selfhood and Self-Annihilation in Blake's Milton; 6 The Romantic Book of Living and Dying; Afterword Beyond Compulsion: Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Romantic Dharma maps the emergence of Buddhism into European consciousness during the first half of the nineteenth century, probes the shared ethical and intellectual commitments embedded in Buddhist and Romantic thought, and proposes potential ways by which those insights translate into contemporary critical and pedagogical practices.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Religion-History.
Buddhism.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
History of Religion.
Buddhism.