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  • Africana Social Stratification

    An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor

    by Drew Brown, LaTasha Chaffin, Devon Lee, Gregory Price, Maurice Mangum, Marcia Walker-McWilliams, James Stewart, Brittany Slatton, Anthony D. Greene, Jason E. Shelton, James L. Conyers Jr.1, Robert E. Weems Jr.2, Rita Kiki Edozie3 ...
    This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on who gets what and why, with regard to resources and structural application of support. The John Henrik Clarke query is who made this arrangement of leadership in America. Moreover, serving as a reference, ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Cyber Zen

    Imagining Authentic Buddhist Identity, Community, and Practices in the Virtual World of Second Life

    by Gregory Price Grieve ...
    Series series Media, Religion and Culture
    Cyber Zen ethnographically explores Buddhist practices in the online virtual world of Second Life. Does typing at a keyboard and moving avatars around the screen, however, count as real Buddhism? If authentic practices must mimic the actual world, then Second Life Buddhism does not. In fact, a critical investigation reveals that online Buddhist practices have at best only a family resemblance to ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Buddhism, the Internet, and Digital Media

    The Pixel in the Lotus

    Edited by Gregory Price Grieve, Daniel Veidlinger ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion and Digital Culture
    Buddhism, the Internet and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus explores Buddhist practice and teachings in an increasingly networked and digital era. Contributors consider the ways Buddhism plays a role and is present in digital media through a variety of methods including concrete case studies, ethnographic research, and content analysis, as well as interviews with practitioners and cyber ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Evolving Dharma

    Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

    by Jay Michaelson ...
    A no-nonsense guide to the evolution of meditation, mindfulness, and enlightenment in modern-day society—from their religious origins in the East to their more secular incarnations in the WestEvolving Dharma is the definitive guide to the meditation revolution. Fearless, unorthodox, and irreverent scholar and activist Jay Michaelson shows how meditation and mindfulness have moved from ashrams and ... Read more

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  • Indra's Net

    by Rajiv Malhotra ...
    Originating in the Atharva Veda, the concept of Indra's Net is a powerful metaphor for interconnectedness. It was transmitted via Buddhism's Avatamsaka Sutra into Western thought, where it now resides at the heart of post-modern discourse. According to this metaphor, nothing ultimately exists separately by itself and all boundaries can be deconstructed. This book invokes Indra's Net to articulate ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Battle for Sanskrit

    Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive?

    by Rajiv Malhotra ...
    There is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing westernization of the discourse about India. The Battle for Sanskrit seeks to alert traditional scholars of Sanskrit and sanskriti - Indian civilization - concerning an important school of thought that has its base in the US and that has started to dominate the discourse on the cultural, social and political aspects of India. This ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Secularizing Buddhism

    New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition

    by Sarah Shaw, Bhikku Bodhi, Kate Crosby, Roger L. Jackson ...
    A timely essay collection on the development and influence of secular expressions of Buddhism in the West and beyond.How do secular values impact Buddhism in the modern world? What versions of Buddhism are being transmitted to the West? Is it possible to know whether an interpretation of the Buddha’s words is correct?In this new essay collection, opposing ideas that often define Buddhist ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Sculpting the Middle Class

    History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

    by Deepa Sreenivas ...
    This book is an analysis of the Amar Chitra Katha genre, historical comic-books that capture and promote a middle class masculine identity, as culture became the new site for right-wing hegemonic politics in India over the last 4 decades of the 20th century. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Tamil Brahmans

    The Making of a Middle-Class Caste

    by C. J. Fuller, Haripriya Narasimhan ...
    " An impressive biography. . . . [A] standard reference in the scholarship of Tamil Nadu and the conundrum of caste and class." — American AnthropologistA cruise along the streets of Chennai—or Silicon Valley—filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In the twenty-first century, Indians have acquired a global visibility of rapid economic advancement and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature

    Publishing, Prizes, and the Ascription of Literary Value

    by Edward Mack, Rey Chow, Michael Dutton, Harry Harootunian, Rosalind C. Morris ...
    Series series Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
    Emphasizing how modes of book production, promotion, and consumption shape ideas of literary value, Edward Mack examines the role of Japan’s publishing industry in defining modern Japanese literature. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, as cultural and economic power consolidated in Tokyo, the city’s literary and publishing elites came to dominate the dissemination and preservation ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Yoga in the Modern World

    Contemporary Perspectives

    Edited by Mark Singleton, Jean Byrne ...
    Series series Routledge Hindu Studies Series
    Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon. Yoga has taken the world by storm and is even seeing renewed popularity in India. Both in India and abroad, adults, children and teenagers are practicing yoga in diverse settings; gyms, schools, home, work, yoga studios and temples. The yoga diaspora began well over a hundred years ago and we continue to see new manifestations and uses of Yoga in ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Winged Faith

    Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement

    by Tulasi Srinivas ...
    The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "New Age"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive ... Read more

    $34.19 USD