|
內容簡介: |
This book is a comparative macrosociological study of the
interaction between religious virtuosi and society in two
civilizations: traditional Theravada Buddhism and Medieval
Catholicism. Merging Weberian sociology with the Maussian tradition
of gift-analysis, and criticizing the neglect of meaning in current
comparative historical sociology, the author also argues the need
for a multidimensional approach capable of addressing the part
played by religious orientations in shaping the institutional
strength and ideological power of religious elites in the
historical framework of the Great Traditions.
|
目錄:
|
Part I. Virtuosi and Society: Elements of
Macrosociological
Approach:
1. The Weberian legacy
2. Monasticism and social order: a multidimensional
perspective:
Part II. Virtuosi asnd Society in Theravada Buddhism:
3. Ideological groundings: hierarchy and ritualized exchange
4. Virtuosity institutionalized
The Sangha in Social Context
5. Virtuoso radicalism: the triumph of a syndrome
Part III. Virtuosi and Society in Medieval Catholicism:
6. Ideological groundings: plurality and conditional exchange
7. Virtuosity institutionalized: monasticism in social
context
8. Virtuoso radicalism: a self-defeating triumph
Part IV. Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order:
9. Virtuosity and the virtuoso-society syndrome
10. The virtuoso syndrome in comparative historical
perspective
Conclusion
|
|