AP/HUMA 4771 3.0 Buddhism as Seen from the West: The Colonial Encounter and the Study of Buddhism

AP/HUMA 4771 3.00

Buddhism as Seen from the West: The Colonial Encounter and the Study of Buddhism

Explores how the colonial encounter shaped the academic study of Buddhism and the image of Buddhism in the West. Reading popular and scholarly accounts of Buddhism written from the early nineteenth century to the present day, the course analyses how the legacy of and response to colonialism have coloured our understanding of Buddhism as a lived religion.