Thailand's International Meditation Centers
Tourism and the Global Commodification of Religious Practices
Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-07894-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-07894-9 (ISBN)
This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centres in Thailand. It discusses the development of Thai Buddhism, and the evolution of western views about Thai Buddhism, and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation.
This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange, spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with different cultures, and are appropriated over time.
This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange, spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with different cultures, and are appropriated over time.
Brooke Schedneck is Lecturer of Buddhist Studies in the Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs at Chiangmai University, Thailand
Imagining Buddhism 2. Theravāda Buddhism and the History of Modern Vipassanā 3. The Field of International Engagement with Thai Meditation Centers 4. Narratives of International Meditators’ Experiences 5. Meditation for Tourists in Thailand: Commodifying a Universal and National Symbol 6. Pedagogical Techniques for Translating Vipassanā Meditation 7. Embodying Meditation 8. The Future of Thailand’s International Meditation Centers
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.07.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series |
Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-07894-8 / 1138078948 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-07894-9 / 9781138078949 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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