Travelling theory and Buddhist sociology Marotta, Vince 2016, Travelling theory and Buddhist sociology, Journal for the academic study of religion, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 242-264, doi: 10.1558/jasr.31534. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Travelling theory and Buddhist sociology Author(s) Marotta, Vince Journal name Journal for the academic study of religion Volume number 29 Issue number 3 Start page 242 End page 264 Total pages 23 Publisher Equinox Publishing Place of publication Sheffield, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 2047-704X 2047-7058 Keyword(s) indigenous sociology movement Buddhist sociology Buddhism Religion Social theory Summary Drawing on the indigenous sociology movement, the paper explores the meaning of Buddhist sociology/social theory, unpacks the persistent binary between East/West that exists within this marriage of ideas and investigates how advocates of Buddhist sociology conceptualize the ‘West’ and ‘Western sociology’. Drawing on representative studies, it will then assess Buddhist sociology’s rejection of the mutilated and threatened sociological self and interrogate the relationship between individual and social suffering within Buddhist sociology. The paper makes three main points: Buddhist sociology homogenizes ‘Western sociology’ in order for it to conform to Buddhist principles, that the relationship between individual and social suffering within Buddhist sociology/social theory is ambiguous and that the appropriation of Buddhism has led to a process of ‘soft’ Othering. Language eng DOI 10.1558/jasr.31534 Field of Research 160806 Social Theory Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Equinox Publishing Ltd. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30105209 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Humanities and Social Sciences 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description Link to the original record Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 30 Nov 2017, 11:01:36 EST Fri, 01 Dec 2017, 04:00:45 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2018, 13:13:38 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2018, 15:09:08 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2018, 15:10:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 58 Abstract Views, 7 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 30 Nov 2017, 11:01:36 EST

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