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#BuddhistCultureWars: BuddhaBros, Alt-Right Dharma, and Snowflake Sanghas |
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Gleig, Ann (著)
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Artinger, Brenna (著)
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Journal of Global Buddhism
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| Volume | v.22 n.1 |
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| Date | 2021 |
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| Pages | 19 - 48 |
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| Publisher | Journal of Global Buddhism |
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https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/
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| Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
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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 | American Buddhism; racism; racial justice; socially engaged Buddhism; right-wing Buddhism; Alt-Right Buddhism; The Culture Wars |
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| Abstract | While often associated with a liberal demographic, the increasing online visibility of rhetoric such as “snowflakes,” “politically correct,” “postmodern identity politics,” and “cultural Marxism” demonstrates the presence of right-wing sentiments and populations in American convert Buddhism. This article situates these sentiments largely as a reaction to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in these communities. We chart this backlash across a broad right-wing spectrum that spans from “reactionary centrism” to the alt-right. We illuminate the ways in which participants both de-legitimate DEI as political rather than Buddhist and naturalize their own position as Buddhist rather than political. Next, we show how American convert Buddhist lineages have become a site of the “culture wars,” longstanding clashes between religious conservatives and progressives, that are playing out in multiple contexts across the US. Finally, we locate these reactionary right-wing forms of American Buddhism in relationship to modern and postmodern forms of global Buddhism. |
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| Table of contents | Method: Netnography and Virtual Autoethnography 21
Research Location and Orientation 22
American Convert Buddhism: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives 23
"A Scary Postmodern Virus Has Infected American Buddhism": Online Backlash 24
Reactionary Centrism and Performative Transcendence 26
#TheBuddhistRight 30
Alt-Right Buddhists 31
Buddhism Goes to the Culture Wars 34
Conclusion: Reactionary Modernism and Postmodern Conservative Buddhism 38 |
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| ISSN | 15276457 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.5281/zenodo.4727561 |
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| Hits | 484 |
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| Created date | 2022.03.04 |
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| Modified date | 2022.03.04 |
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