Attracting the Heart: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion in Sri Lankan Monastic Culture 9780824860622
An idealized view of the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk might be described according to the doctrinal demand for emotional
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English Pages 200 Year 2010
Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Romanization and Naming Practices
Dramatis Personae
Introduction: Buddhism and Social Relations in Contemporary Sri Lanka
1. Narada Thero: Affective Bonds and the Making of a Social Service Monk
2. Aesthetics of Emotions and Affective Bonds: Monastic Recruitment in Two Sri Lankan Villages
3. Aesthetic-Affective Social Networks and Monastic Recruitment
4. Learning to Be Novices: Monastic Education and the Construction of Vocation
5. Temple Building as Social Service: Family, Community, and Emotion
Conclusion: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion
Notes
References
Index
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Romanization and Naming Practices
Dramatis Personae
Introduction: Buddhism and Social Relations in Contemporary Sri Lanka
1. Narada Thero: Affective Bonds and the Making of a Social Service Monk
2. Aesthetics of Emotions and Affective Bonds: Monastic Recruitment in Two Sri Lankan Villages
3. Aesthetic-Affective Social Networks and Monastic Recruitment
4. Learning to Be Novices: Monastic Education and the Construction of Vocation
5. Temple Building as Social Service: Family, Community, and Emotion
Conclusion: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion
Notes
References
Index
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