Ilana Friedrich Silber, Ilana Friedrich-Silber

Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order

A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism
Herausgeber: Alexander, Jeffrey C.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521021371
• ISBN-10: 0521021375
• Artikelnr.: 21237581

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Virtuosi and Society: Elements of Macrosociological Approach: 1. The Weberian legacy
2. Monasticism and social order: a multidimensional perspective: Part II. Virtuosi asnd Society in Theravada Buddhism: 3. Ideological groundings: hierarchy and ritualized exchange
4. Virtuosity institutionalized
The Sangha in Social Context
5. Virtuoso radicalism: the triumph of a syndrome
Part III. Virtuosi and Society in Medieval Catholicism: 6. Ideological groundings: plurality and conditional exchange
7. Virtuosity institutionalized: monasticism in social context
8. Virtuoso radicalism: a self-defeating triumph
Part IV. Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order: 9. Virtuosity and the virtuoso-society syndrome
10. The virtuoso syndrome in comparative historical perspective
Conclusion.