Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order

副标题: A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism

ISBN: 9780521413978

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 1995-4-28

页数: 264

定价: USD 149.99

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

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.