Enough with Polemics! Against Polemical Reductionism
This article engages in a critical reflection on the concept of polemics, questioning its dominance as an interpretative category in the fields of Buddhist, Tibetan, and religious studies more broadly. It argues that we ought to rehabilitate the concept of argument or debate as a central presupposit...
| Subtitles: | "Tibetan Polemics as Genre" |
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University of Chicago Press
2023
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The journal of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 103, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-104 |
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