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Offerings of Resistance: Transcending Weber through a Benjaminian Interpretation of Theravada Merit-Making
- Philosophy East and West
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 71, Number 2, April 2021
- pp. 473-496
- 10.1353/pew.2021.0029
- Article
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Abstract
Abstract:
Questions about whether or not Theravada Buddhists are rational and capitalistic reduce Theravada traditions to Max Weber's interpretation. I aĴ empt to go beyond Weber's reading by turning to Walter Benjamin's philosophy because he challenges the use of reason and points to instances where the ethical dimension not only appears but can also disrupt the tempo and logic of capitalism.
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