Käte Hamburger Kolleg Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe
出版地
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [波鴻, 北萊茵-威斯特伐利亞, 德國]
資料類型
期刊論文=Journal Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
1. Vol. 11 No. 4 Special issue: Behaving Like Heathens. Polemical Comparisons and Pre-Modern Discourses of Religious Diversity from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
2. Author Affiliation: University of Vienna, Austria.
Tibetan polemical literature is especially known and enjoyed for its harsh language and offensive comparisons, which stand in marked contrast to the philosophical and doctrinal matters that works of the genre commonly discuss. Drawing from a detailed literary analysis of a particular polemical exchange between Ju Mipam (1846–1912) and Pari Rapsel (1840–1912), this article calls for a distinction between what might be called “rhetorical polemics” and “formal argumentation,” and argues that the former is used to exercise framing functions towards the latter, in both structural and conceptual terms. With regard to conceptual considerations, polemical comparisons play an important role. Through frequent allusions to a stereotypical divide of Buddhist experts in practice-oriented yogis and logic-oriented scholars, these discourses connect to a larger narrative framework about the correct or incorrect transmission of Buddhism on the Tibetan plateau, which individual agents use to characterize their opponents. In so doing, they contribute to the further solidification and promotion of the master narrative that this framework entails.
目次
Abstract Keywords Introduction The Encounter of the Tiger and Lion of the Old and New Traditions Rhetorical Polemics versus Formal Argumentation Framing Debates: Rhetorical Polemics as Paratextual Elements Rhetorical Polemics as Structuring Devices: A Sample Passage Rhetorical Polemics as Conceptual Framework: The Yogi and the Scholar—and the Hashang Concluding Remarks Acknowledgements Tibetan primary sources References
