The Resource Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth, Gananath Obeyesekere
Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth, Gananath Obeyesekere
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The item Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth, Gananath Obeyesekere represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- With 'Imagining Karma', Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. The book makes a case for disciplined comparison, a humane view of human nature, and a theoretical understanding of 'family resemblances' and differences across great cultural divides
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxix, 448 pages)
- Contents
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- Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations; 2 Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth; 3 The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications; 4 The Buddhist Ascesis; 5 Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth; 6 Rebirth and Reason; 7 Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781597346696
- Label
- Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth
- Title
- Imagining karma
- Title remainder
- ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth
- Statement of responsibility
- Gananath Obeyesekere
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- With 'Imagining Karma', Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. The book makes a case for disciplined comparison, a humane view of human nature, and a theoretical understanding of 'family resemblances' and differences across great cultural divides
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Obeyesekere, Gananath
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Comparative studies in religion and society
- Series volume
- 14
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reincarnation
- Reincarnation
- Religious ethics
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Reincarnation
- Reincarnation
- Religious ethics
- Reïncarnatie
- Vergelijkend onderzoek
- Label
- Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth, Gananath Obeyesekere
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-427) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations; 2 Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth; 3 The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications; 4 The Buddhist Ascesis; 5 Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth; 6 Rebirth and Reason; 7 Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocm52861498
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxix, 448 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781597346696
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt4jf5
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)52861498
- Label
- Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth, Gananath Obeyesekere
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-427) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations; 2 Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth; 3 The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications; 4 The Buddhist Ascesis; 5 Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth; 6 Rebirth and Reason; 7 Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocm52861498
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxix, 448 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781597346696
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt4jf5
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)52861498
Subject
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | General
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- Reincarnation
- Reincarnation -- Buddhism
- Reincarnation -- Buddhism
- Reincarnation -- Comparative studies
- Religious ethics
- Religious ethics -- Comparative studies
- Reïncarnatie
- Vergelijkend onderzoek
- Comparative studies
- Electronic books
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