Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; BUDDHISM AS PROCESS: THREE VERSIONS OF BUDDHISM; THE INCOMMENSURABILITY OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS; 1 The problem: asceticism and urban life; THE EMPEROR'S CLOTHES; TRADE, CITIES, CENTRALIZED STATES AND REMEMBERED TRIBALISM; LEGITIMATION OF COMMERCIAL VALUES; PROTEST AGAINST COMMERCIAL VALUES; LEGITIMATION OF CITY LIFE; PROTEST AGAINST CITY LIFE; LEGITIMATION OF THE CENTRALIZED STATE; PROTEST AGAINST THE CENTRALIZED STATE; LEGITIMATION OF POST-TRIBAL CULTURE; PROTEST AGAINST POST-TRIBAL CULTURE.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Early Buddhism flourished because it took up the challenge represented by buoyant economic conditions in the newly emergent Indian states from the fifth century BCE. This book begins with the apparent inconsistency of Buddhism, a renunciant movement surviving within a strong urban environment, and draws out the implications of this.
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Title
Sociology of early Buddhism.
International Standard Book Number
0521831164
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Buddhism-- India, Northeastern-- History.
Buddhism-- Social aspects-- India.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)-- India.
Bouddhisme-- Aspect social-- Asie méridionale.
Médiation-- Aspect religieux-- Bouddhisme.
Vie religieuse et monastique-- Bouddhisme-- Asie méridionale.