Ilana Friedrich Silber, Ilana Friedrich-Silber, Silber Ilana Friedrich

Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order

A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism

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Produktbeschreibung

Studies monasticism and society in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780521413978
• ISBN-10: 0521413974
• Artikelnr.: 21382222

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.