Beyond Enlightenment: Buddhism, Religion, Modernity

by Richard S. Cohen and Richard S. Cohen

Book Overview

The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment.

Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415544440
• ISBN13: 9780415544443
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"