Close reading and larger patterns in Buddhist history
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This lecture series aimed to consider various ways that the close reading or philological analysis of texts enables us to gain traction on larger questions in the history of Buddhism. The philological methods at play in several of the studies covered by these lectures are strongly—but not exclusively—associated with new techniques for the application of computation to the analysis of Chinese Buddhist texts. A common thread in the historical questions addressed is various ways that Buddhism w...
DOI: 10.4000/122ww
Author: Michael Radich
Institution: Heidelberg University
Language: French
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4400901017