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Meditation, Buddhism, and Science |
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| Author |
McMahan, David (編)
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Braun, Erik (編)
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| Date | 2017.10.24 |
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| Pages | 268 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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| Publisher Url |
https://global.oup.com/?cc=tw
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| Location | Oxford, London, UK [牛津, 倫敦, 英國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 1.David L. McMahan is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania.
2.Erik Braun is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. |
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| Keyword | meditation; mindfulness; Buddhism; science; humanism; monastery |
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| Abstract | The scientific study of Buddhist forms of meditation has surged in recent years, capturing the popular imagination and reshaping conceptions of what meditation is and what it can do. For perhaps the first time in history, meditation has shifted from Buddhist monasteries and practice centers to some of the most prominent and powerful modern institutions in the world, as well as non-institutional settings. As their contexts change, so do the practices-sometimes drastically. New ways of thinking about meditation are emerging as it moves toward more secular settings, ways that profoundly affect millions of lives all over the world.
To understand these changes and their effects, the essays in this volume explore the unaddressed complexities in the interrelations between Buddhist history and thought and the scientific study of meditation. The contributors bring philosophical, cultural, historical, and ethnographic perspectives to bear, considering such issues as the philosophical presuppositions behind practice, the secularization of meditation, the values and goods assumed in clinical approaches, and the sorts of subjects that take shape under the influence of these transformed and transformative practices-all the more powerful for being so often formulated with the authority of scientific discourse. |
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| Table of contents | Front Matter
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1 Introduction: From Colonialism to Brainscans: Modern Transformations of Buddhist Meditation
2 How Meditation Works: Theorizing the Role of Cultural Context in Buddhist Contemplative Practices
3 Looping Effects and the Cognitive Science of Mindfulness Meditation
4 Buddhism, Happiness, and the Science of Meditation
5 Reflections on Indian Buddhist Thought and the Scientific Study of Meditation, or: Why Scientists Should Talk More with Their Buddhist Subjects
6 “Mind the Gap”: Appearance and Reality in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
7 “Wherever You Go, There You Aren’t?”: Non-Self, Spirits, and the Concept of the Person in Thai Buddhist Mindfulness
8 “Mindfulness Makes You a Way Better Lover”: Mindful Sex and the Adaptation of Buddhism to New Cultural Desires
9 Mindful but Not Religious: Meditation and Enchantment in the Work of Jon Kabat-Zinn
10 Is Mindfulness Buddhist? (And Why It Matters)
End Matter
Bibliography
Index
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| ISBN | 9780190495794 (hc); 9780190495800 (pbk) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Human Agency in Buddhism and Science: Meditation, Buddhism, and Science Edited by David L. McMahan and Erik Braun; Religion and Science in the Mirror of Buddhism by Francisca Cho and Richard K. Squier / Cheung, Kin (評論)
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- Book Review: Meditation, Buddhism, and Science Edited by David McMahan and Erik Braun / Prohl, Inken (評論)
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| Created date | 2023.07.06 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.06 |
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