Buddhist lineage in Uruguay
Keywords:
Buddhism, Uruguay, religion, postmodernity, secularization.
Abstract
The arrival of Buddhism to Uruguay is related to various historical and cultural factors, such as the democratic opening at eighties, the progressive globalization in the country, the break of post (modernism) with a hegemonic rationalist-positivist model, the emergence of so-called New Religious Movements and opening of goods symbolic-religious markets, generally aimed at middle and upper social strata with economic and cultural capital is conducive to the proposed use of existential and introspective way of life. In this paper we analyze the arrival of the different Buddhist lineages in Uruguay (Tibetan and Japanese), and the historical and socio-cultural context which activates their emergency.Downloads
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Published
2013-09-26
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Apud I., Clara M. y Ruiz P. (2013). Buddhist lineage in Uruguay. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 18, 9-25. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ILUR.2013.v18.43041
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