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Buddhism as Critical Lens
Author(s) -
Omar Swartz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the anachronist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2063-126X
pISSN - 1219-2589
DOI - 10.53720/riam5535
Subject(s) - buddhism , denial , deviance (statistics) , status quo , aesthetics , sociology , social psychology , psychology , psychoanalysis , philosophy , political science , theology , law , statistics , mathematics
Kerouac's Asian transcendence - identified as his critical Buddhism - offers alternatives to the status quo by which individuals can live, grow, and interact with society. Specifically, Kerouac's Buddhism exemplifies a crucial social deviance, in which he rejects the superficiality and "supervision" associated with television and the cultural denial of our more authentic selves.

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