Introduction to the History of Indian Buddhism
(Buddhism and Modernity)
by Eugène Burnouf, Donald S. Lopez Jr. (Translator), Katia Buffetrille (Translator)
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The most influential work on Buddhism to be published in the nineteenth century, Introduction à l’histoire du Buddhisme indien, by the great French scholar of Sanskrit Eugène Burnouf, set the course for the academic study of Buddhism, and Indian Buddhism in particular, for the next hundred years. First published in 1844, the masterwork was read by some of the most important thinkers of the time, including Schopenhauer and Nietzsche in Germany and Emerson and Thoreau in America. But a century and a half on, Burnouf’s text has largely been forgotten.
All that changes with Katia Buffetrille and Donald S. Lopez Jr.’s English translation of this foundational text. Reemerging here as a vibrant artifact of intellectual history and as a progenitor of the often colorful genealogy of Buddhist studies, Introduction to the History of Indian Buddhism provides a clear view of how the religion was understood in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Burnouf was an impeccable scholar, and his vision, especially of the Buddha, continues to profoundly shape our modern understanding of Buddhism. Indeed, the work offers a wellspring of still-valuable information and insight into the theory and practice of Buddhism. In reintroducing Burnouf to a new generation of Buddhologists, Buffetrille and Lopez have revived a seminal text in the history of Orientalism.
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Hardcover, 616 pages
Published February 15th 2010 by University of Chicago Press
Original TitleIntroduction à l'histoire du buddhisme indien
ISBN0226081230 (ISBN13: 9780226081236)
Edition LanguageEnglish
URLhttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo6963855.html
SeriesBuddhism and Modernity
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Jessica Zu
Mar 19, 2022Jessica Zu rated it it was amazing
I’d give it a 10 if I can. grateful to translators … Burnouf’s French is really not … modern French … so happy that I don’t have to slog through the old french …
burnouf is a genius, wonderful scholar …
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Mckinley
Aug 30, 2017Mckinley rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Shelves: buddhism, non-fiction
Written for Christian and western audience. Intro mentions Hodgson and Burnouf, western scholars. Discusses the story of King Asoka, his son Kunala, and his brother Vitasoka.
