Jewish Encounters with Buddhism in German Culture Between Moses and Buddha, 1890-1940 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Musch, Sebastian (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Series in Asian German Studies
• Θέματα: Europe, Central-History.; Judaism and culture.; World history.; Intellectual life-History.; Religions.; History of Germany and Central Europe.; Jewish Cultural Studies.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Intellectual Studies.; Comparative Religion.

In Germany at the turn of the century, Buddhism transformed from an obscure topic, of interest to only a few misfit scholars, into a cultural phenomenon. Many of the foremost authors of the period were profoundly influenced by this rapid rise of Buddhism-among them, some of the best-known names in t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Buddhism and German-Jewish Orientalism
• 3. The Buddha, the Rabbis, and the Philosophers: Rejections and Defenses
• 4. The Bridgebuilders: Jewishness between Asia and Europe
• 5. The Assimilation and Dissimilation of a Jewish Buddhist: Walter Tausk's Contested Identities
• 6. Conclusion: Towards a Study of Jewish-Buddhist Relations.