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The Erotics of Practice：Objects and Agency in Buddhist Avadana Literature |
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Rotman, Andy
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Volume | v.71 n.3 |
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| Date | 2003.09 |
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| Pages | 555 - 578 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/
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| Location | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | 布施=宗教捐獻=寺廟募款=Dana=Donation; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 阿波陀那=譬喻=Avadana; 修行方法=修行法門=Practice |
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| Abstract | The collection of Indian Buddhist narratives known as the Divyavadana posits that there is a class of objects whose sight leads to the arising of prasada in the viewer and that this mental state of prasada leads the viewer to make an offering. In this article，I first describe the mechanics of prasada--why it arises, in whom it arises, and the consequences of it arousal--as well as the various "agents of prasada" (prasadika) and the power they exert when seen. In discussing the field of effects of prasadika objects, I consider Catherine MacKinnon's work on pornography to help clarify the politics of this configuration of prasada as well as its ethical implications. Last，I discuss the aesthetics of prasada and what this suggests about the function of Buddhist narratives known as avadanas. |
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| Table of contents | THE MECHANICS OF PRASADA 557
THE POWER OF OBJECTS 559
AUTOMATIC ACTIONS, POLITICS, AND PORNOGRAPHY 561
ETHOLOGY, AGENCY, AND ETHICS 563
AESTHETICS, EROTICS, AND FUNCTION 567
THE FUNCTION OF AVADANAS 572
CODA 574
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| ISSN | 00027189 (P); 14774585 (E) |
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| Hits | 302 |
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| Created date | 2003.10.17
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| Modified date | 2020.01.10 |
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