Introduction: The Comparative Anthropology of the Buddhist Gift
This introduction draws attention to recent, renewed engagements with comparison in anthropology. This special issue - the first published collective endeavour to contribute to a comparative anthropology of Buddhism - constitutes an attempt to examine collectively the comparative potential of a majo...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Comparative anthropology of Buddhist transactions: moving beyond the Maussian terminology of the "gift." The Comparative Anthropology of the Buddhist Gift |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[2015]
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| In: |
Religion compass
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 347-351 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Gift
/ Cultural anthropology
/ Sozialethnologie
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This introduction draws attention to recent, renewed engagements with comparison in anthropology. This special issue - the first published collective endeavour to contribute to a comparative anthropology of Buddhism - constitutes an attempt to examine collectively the comparative potential of a major anthropological theme, the gift, in Buddhist contexts. One of the distinctive features of this set of papers is to consider the "gift" within a somewhat larger spectrum of "transfers" (following in particular Testart's terminology), including in particular practices of remuneration for religious services. These papers also exemplify a diverse range of modalities in comparative approach. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rec3.12186 |