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020 | _a9781786079725 (PB) | ||
041 | _aeng | ||
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_a94(5) _bARJ |
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100 | _aArjana, Sophia Rose | ||
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_aBuying Buddha, Selling Rumi _b: Orientalism And The Mystical Marketplace |
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_bOne World Academic _c2020 _aLondon |
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300 | _ax, 306p. | ||
504 | _aIncludes Bibliography (279-296) and Index | ||
520 | _aFrom jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions – especially those of the East – are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as ‘New Age’ or ‘spiritual’, they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world, the ‘mystical’ and ‘exotic’ East promising a path to enlightenment and inner peace. In Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi, Sophia Rose Arjana examines the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam in the West today, the role of mysticism and Orientalism in the religious marketplace, and how the commodification of religion impacts people’s lives. | ||
650 | _aOrientalism | ||
650 | _aOrientalism in art | ||
650 | _aBuddhism -- Economic aspects | ||
650 | _aCapitalism -- Religious aspects | ||
650 | _aReligion and culture | ||
690 | _aGeneral | ||
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