Paul Copp is associate professor in Chinese religion and thought at the University of Chicago.
Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600-1000 C.E.). Material incantations, in forms such as spell-inscribed amulets and stone pillars, were also central to the spiritual lives of both monks and laypeople. In centering its analysis on the Chinese material culture of these deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual, The Body Incantatory reveals histories of practice--and logics of practice--that have until now remained hidden.
Paul Copp examines inscribed stones, urns, and other objects unearthed from anonymous tombs; spells carved into pillars near mountain temples; and manuscripts and prints from both tombs and the Dunhuang cache. Focusing on two major Buddhist spells, or dharani, and their embodiment of the incantatory logics of adornment and unction, he makes breakthrough claims about the significance of Buddhist incantation practice not only in medieval China but also in Central Asia and India. Copp's work vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks, ritual healers, and other individuals lost to history, offering a corrective to accounts that have overemphasized elite, canonical materials.
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大傢在討論Copp的對象讀者是誰,老師露齣一副你們都太naive的神色:of course he's writing for Mr. Tenure,怒黑瞭一把他在普林斯頓的師弟(人傢現在卻在芝大飛黃騰達
评分materiality, body in sacred incantations.
评分大傢在討論Copp的對象讀者是誰,老師露齣一副你們都太naive的神色:of course he's writing for Mr. Tenure,怒黑瞭一把他在普林斯頓的師弟(人傢現在卻在芝大飛黃騰達
评分materiality, body in sacred incantations.
评分我給這本書寫瞭個小paper,蠻喜歡的。presence and semantic approach。
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