Sophia Rose Arjana

Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi

Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How Eastern religions are commodified in the modern world, and why it matters

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Academic / Oneworld Publications
• Trade Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781786077714
• ISBN-10: 178607771X
• Artikelnr.: 58133991

Autorenporträt

Sophia Rose Arjana is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University. Her previous books include Pilgrimage in Islam and Muslims in the Western Imagination, which was a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Histories of Religion and Mysticism
2 Cultural Colonialism, Muddled Orientalism, and the Mystic Poor
3 Mysticism, Incorporated
4 Hindu Hippies and Boulder Buddhists
5 Rumimaniacs
6 Lost, Star Wars, and Mystical Hollywood
Postscript
 
Notes
Bibliography
Index