Foucault Buddhism and Disciplinary Rules

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Foucault Buddhism and Disciplinary Rules

This book suggests that previous critiques of the rules of Buddhist monks (Vinaya) may now be reconsidered in order to deal with some of the assumptions concerning the legal nature of these rules and to provide a focus on how Vinaya texts may have actually operated in practice. Malcolm Voyce utilizes the work of Foucault and his notions of 'power' and 'subjectivity' in three ways. First he examines The Buddha's role as a lawmaker to show how Buddhist texts were a form of lawmaking that had a diffused and lateral conception of authority. While lawmakers in some religious groups may be seen as authoritative in the sense that leaders or founders were coercive or charismatic the Buddhist concept of authority allows for a degree of freedom for the individual to shape or form themselves. Second he shows that the confession ritual acted as a disciplinary measure to develop a unique sense of collective governance based on self regulation self-governance and self-discipline. Third he argues that while the Vinaya has been seen by some as a code or form of regulation that required obedience the Vinaya had a double nature in that its rules could be transgressed and that offenders could be dealt with appropriately in particular situations. Voyce shows that the Vinaya was not an independent legal system but that it was dependent on the DharmaÅÄstra for some of its jurisprudential needs and that it was not a form of customary law in the strict sense but a wider system of jurisprudence linked to DharmaÅÄstra principles and precepts. . Language: English
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  • Category: Religion
  • Artist: Malcolm Voyce
  • Format: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Date: 2016/12/12
  • Publisher / Label: Taylor & Francis
  • Number of Pages: 190
  • Fruugo ID: 338136828-741800375
  • ISBN: 9781409410805

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