A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack
Buddhism teaches that to become happy, greed, ill-will, and delusion must be transformed into their positive counterparts: generosity, compassion, and wisdom. The history of the West, like all histories, has been plagued by the consequences of greed, ill-will, and delusion. A Buddhist History of the West investigates how individuals have tried to ground themselves to make themselves feel more real. To be self-conscious is to experience ungroundedness as a sense of lack, but what is lacking...
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A Buddhist interpretation of Western history that shows civilization shaped by the self's desire for groundedness.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Toward a Buddhist Perspective11The Lack of Freedom172The Lack of Progress413The Renaissance of Lack654The Lack of Modernity875The Lack of Civil Society1256Preparing for Something That Never Happens1717The Religion of the Market197Afterword: The Future of Lack211Notes217Bibliography223Index229
