A01=Diana Y. Paul
Author_Diana Y. Paul
buddhist texts
buddhist tradition
buddhist women
Category=QRF
chinese texts
eastern philosophy
egalitarian
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
female enlightenment
feminist religion
gender and religion
gender and women studies
intersectionality
mahayana buddhist tradition
misogyny
philosophical importance
philosophy
positive consideration
religious
religious studies
religious views
sanskrit
sexual stereotypes
Product details
- ISBN 9780520054288
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 1985
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
'In seeking to explore the interrelationships between, and mutual influence of, varieties of sexual stereotypes and religious views of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, "Women in Buddhism" succeeds in drawing our attention to matters of philosophical importance. Paul examines the 'image' of women which arise in a number of Buddhist texts associated with Mahayana and finds that, while ideally the tradition purports to be egalitarian, in actual practice it often betrayed a strong misogynist prejudice. Sanskrit and Chinese texts are organized by theme and type, progressing from those which treat the traditionally orthodox and negative to those which set forth a positive consideration of soteriological paths for women...In "Women in Buddhism", Diana Paul may be forcing our consideration of the problem of female enlightenment. Thus the main purport and accomplishment of her scholarship is revolutionary' - "Philosophy East and West".
