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...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: Comparative anthropology of Buddhist transactions: moving beyond the Maussian terminology of the "gift."
The Comparative Anthropology of the Buddhist Gift
Main Author: Sihlé, Nicolas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 11, Pages: 347-351
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buddhism / Gift / Cultural anthropology / Sozialethnologie
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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