Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi

Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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How Eastern religions are commodified in the modern world, and why it matters‘An expansive book, covering the intersection of mysticism and capitalism… illuminating.’ Politics, Religion & IdeologyFrom jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions – especially those of the East – are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as ‘New Age’ or ‘spiritual’, they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world, the ‘mystical’ and ‘exotic’ East promising a path to enlightenment and inner peace.In Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi, Sophia Rose Arjana examines the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam in the West today, the role of mysticism and Orientalism in the religious marketplace, and how the commodification of religion impacts people’s lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-08-06
Mått146 x 225 x 24 mm
Vikt366 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagOneworld Publications
ISBN9781786077714

Tillhör följande kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion
Hinduism inom Filosofi och religion
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik
Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

‘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.’