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Transcendent : Art and Dharma in a Time of Collapse by Curtis White (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Transcendent: Art and Dharma in a Time of Collapse by White, Curtis [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMelville House Publishing

ISBN-101612199941

ISBN-139781612199948

eBay Product ID (ePID)3057287802

Product Key Features

Book TitleTranscendent : Art and Dharma in a Time of Collapse

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicMindfulness & Meditation, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhist

GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Philosophy

AuthorCurtis White

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-944576

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Why has the West become so fascinated by Buddhism -- making it the most popular non-Western tradition? Because Buddhist views of transcendence resonate so deeply with important aspects of our own culture. Curtis White's Transcendent lovingly explores many of these parallels and interactions. It helps me understand better my attraction to both." -- David Loy, author of Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis, "Why has the West become so fascinated by Buddhism -- making it the most popular non-Western tradition? Because Buddhist views of transcendence resonate so deeply with important aspects of our own culture. Curtis White's Transcendent lovingly explores many of these parallels and interactions. It helps me understand better my attraction to both." -- David Loy, author of Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis "Provocative...[ Transcendent ] amounts to a convincing case that will resonate with progressives seeking to 'free ourselves from the [capitalistic] world that we were born into' and 'change the way we live.' Scholars of Buddhism will benefit from White's shrewd takes." -- Publishers Weekly

Dewey Decimal294.3437

Synopsis"Scholars of Buddhism will benefit from White's shrewd takes." - Publishers Weekly Acclaimed cultural critic Curtis White examines current fissures in Western Buddhism and argues against the growth of scientific and corporate dharma, particularly in Stephen Batchelor's Secular Buddhist movement. In Transcendent, celebrated cultural critic Curtis White, asks what Buddhism will look like in the future. Do we want a secular Buddhism that looks like corporations and neuroscience? Or do we want a Buddhism that still provides refuge from the debased world of money and things? Transcendence is not about magic realms where spirits fly about; the world is, as Shunryu Suzuki put it, its own magic. We only need to reclaim it and reclaim our humanity while we're at it. The problem White suggests is a culture that recognizes only "things," capitalist things and science things, and aggressively denies the idea that the world of things has a beyond. We're told by science ideologues like the New Atheists that we live in a secular age and that philosophy is dead, and art is only an amusement, and transcendence is not wanted because science can provide all the wonder and beauty we need. Transcendent is a call for the re-enchantment not only of Buddhism but also of our Western art traditions. White recalls the risks and the raptures of the English Romantics, Beat poets, and the children of the counterculture, all in the name of a living world, and in defiance of our current world of climate catastrophe, contagious disease, and social collapse., "Scholars of Buddhism will benefit from White's shrewd takes." - Publishers Weekly Acclaimed cultural critic Curtis White examines current fissures in Western Buddhism and argues against the growth of scientific and corporate dharma, particularly in Stephen Batchelor's Secular Buddhist movement. In Transcendent, celebrated cultural critic Curtis White, asks what Buddhism will look like in the future. Do we want a secular Buddhism that looks like corporations and neuroscience? Or do we want a Buddhismthat still provides refuge from the debased world of money and things? Transcendence is not about magic realms where spirits fly about; the world is, as Shunryu Suzuki put it, its own magic. We only need toreclaim it and reclaim our humanity while we're at it. The problem White suggests is a culture that recognizes only "things," capitalist things and science things, and aggressively denies the idea that the world of things has a beyond. We're told by science ideologues like the New Atheists that we live in a secular age and that philosophy is dead, and art is only an amusement, and transcendence is not wanted because science can provide all the wonder and beauty we need. Transcendent is a call for the re-enchantment not only of Buddhism but also of our Western art traditions. White recalls the risks and the raptures of the English Romantics, Beat poets, and the children of the counterculture, all in the name of a living world, and in defiance of our current world of climate catastrophe, contagious disease, and social collapse.

LC Classification NumberBQ4570.A7