| Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi: Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace Contributor(s): Arjana, Sophia Rose (Author) |
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ISBN: 178607771X ISBN-13: 9781786077714 Publisher: Oneworld Academic OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism - Religion | Spirituality - Religion | Islam - Rituals & Practice |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.7" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: From jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions - especially those of the East - are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as 'New Age' or 'spiritual', they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world, the 'mystical' and 'exotic' East promising a path to enlightenment and inner peace. In Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi, Sophia Rose Arjana examines the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam in the West today, the role of mysticism and Orientalism in the religious marketplace, and how the commodification of religion impacts people's lives. |