Architects of Buddhist leisure: socially disengaged Buddhism in Asia's museums, monuments, and amusement parks

Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's culture of Buddhist leisure through a study of architects responsible for...

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Main Author: McDaniel, Justin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Contemporary Buddhism
Further subjects:B Buddhist architecture (Asia)
B ARCHITECTURE ; Buildings ; Public, Commercial & Industrial
B Tange, Kenzō (1913-2005)
B Lek Wiriyaphan
B Asia
B Fazhao Shi
B RELIGION ; Buddhism ; General
B Architecture and recreation (Asia)
B Tange, Kenzō
B Architecture and recreation
B Buddhist architecture
B Electronic books
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Summary:Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's culture of Buddhist leisure through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how "secular" and "religious," "public" and "private," are in many ways false binaries. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture
Monuments and metabolism : Kenzo Tange and the attempts to bring new architecture to Buddhism's oldest site -- Ecumenical parks and cosmological gardens : Braphai and Lek Wiriyaphan and Buddhist spectacle culture -- Buddhist museums and curio cabinets : Shi Fa Zhao and ecumenism without an agenda.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0824866010