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Description
Asian and European engagements with modernity often reflect significant differences. European modernities tend to reject an ancient past; Asian modernities often reappropriate and selectively reinterpret the past as a basis for culturally continuous intellectual frameworks. We compare two related instances of this
phenomenon: the Tibetan and the Chinese appropriation of Indian YogÄcÄra Buddhism as the basis for a
revival of Buddhist thought and practice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We will examine whether
there are direct influences between Tibetan and Chinese scholars during this time, given the striking
similarities between these simultaneous movements.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/01/11 → 31/12/14 |
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