Rescued From the Nation - Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist World

Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka's turbulent history. Following Dharmapala on his travels between East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and North America, the author traces his project of creating a unified Buddhist world, recovering the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment, and imitating the Buddha's life course.

About the author

Steven Kemper is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology at Bates College and the author of The Presence of the Past and Buying and Believing, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka's turbulent history. Following Dharmapala on his travels between East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and North America, the author traces his project of creating a unified Buddhist world, recovering the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment, and imitating the Buddha's life course.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Kemper
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226199078
• ISBN: 978-0-226-19907-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Buddhism and Modernity; Buddhism and Modernity; Buddhism and Modernity (CHUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Sri Lanka, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Buddhism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)