A Partial Enlightenment: What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us about Living Well Without Perfection - Paperback
by Avram Alpert
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231200035ISBN-10:023120003XUPC:9780231200035Book Category:Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Subjects & Themes, ModernBook Topic:General (see also Philosophy, Religion, 20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC0549XSP5
A Partial Enlightenment: What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us about Living Well Without Perfection
In many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and worldly harmony. And whereas other philosophies feel abstract and disembodied, Buddhism offers meditation as a means to realize this ideal. If we could all be as enlightened as Buddhists, some imagine, we could live in a much better world....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231200035ISBN-10:023120003XUPC:9780231200035Book Category:Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Subjects & Themes, ModernBook Topic:General (see also Philosophy, Religion, 20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC0549XSP5
Avram Alpert teaches writing at Princeton University. He is the author of Global Origins of the Modern Self, from Montaigne to Suzuki (2019). He is also coeditor of Shifter magazine and has written cultural criticism for outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Brooklyn Rail, and Truthout.
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