The Aura of Buddhist Material Objects in the Age of Mass-Production
The article discusses material religion in a commercial setting and sets off this discussion with Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). Benjamin argues that mechanical reproduction emancipated works of art from religious rituals and evaporated the aura o...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2019
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Journal of global buddhism
Jahr: 2019, Band: 20, Seiten: 105-125 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
/ China
/ Buddhismus
/ Kultgegenstand
/ Massenfertigung
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BL Buddhismus KBM Asien ZA Sozialwissenschaften |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Tibetan Buddhism
B Sacralization B Buddhist material objects B Walter Benjamin B Aura B mass-production |
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| Rechteinformation: | CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Zusammenfassung: | The article discusses material religion in a commercial setting and sets off this discussion with Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). Benjamin argues that mechanical reproduction emancipated works of art from religious rituals and evaporated the aura of art. This has resonance among some Tibetan Buddhists in the context of mass-produced Buddhist material objects. Are such objects fit to be given as gifts, implemented in rituals, and worshipped on altars? Based upon ethnographic work at a Tibetan Buddhist market in urban China, the article argues that although objects manufactured in factories for profit are not made or handled according to Buddhist tradition, the aura can be produced in different ways and at different points of an object’s life. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-6457 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3238213 |
