Spiritual Journeys, Everyday lives. Paths of Western Practitioners of Buddhism in the Consumer Society
| Název práce v češtině: | Duchovní výpravy, každodenní životy. Cesty západních praktikujících buddhismu konzumní společností. Pr |
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| Název v anglickém jazyce: | Spiritual Journeys, Everyday lives. Paths of Western Practitioners of Buddhism in the Consumer Society |
| Klíčová slova: | západní buddhismsu, kvalitativní výzkum, etnografie, žité náboženství, konzumní společnost |
| Klíčová slova anglicky: | Western Buddhism, qualitative research, ethnography, lived religion, consumer society |
| Akademický rok vypsání: | 2014/2015 |
| Typ práce: | bakalářská práce |
| Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
| Ústav: | Katedra sociologie (23-KS) |
| Vedoucí / školitel: | Mgr. Jitka Cirklová, M.A., Ph.D. |
| Řešitel: | skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem |
| Datum přihlášení: | 23.06.2015 |
| Datum zadání: | 23.06.2015 |
| Datum a čas obhajoby: | 12.06.2017 09:00 |
| Místo konání obhajoby: | Jinonice - U Kříže 8, J2019, Jinonice - místn. č. 2019 |
| Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 18.05.2017 |
| Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 12.06.2017 |
| Oponenti: | Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. |
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| Seznam odborné literatury |
| Provisional Bibliography
Adone, E., & Roseman, S. R. (2004). Intersecting journeys: The anthropology of pilgrimage and tourism. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Bruner, E. M. (1996, 09). My Life in an Ashram. Qualitative Inquiry, 2(3), 300-319. Denzin, N. K. (2014). Interpretive autoethnography. Los Angeles: SAGE Eddy, G. (2011). Becoming Buddhist: Experiences of socialization and self-transformation in two Australian Buddhist centres. New York: Continuum International Pub. Group. Eddy, G. (2015, 03). An Ethnography of the Vipassana Meditation Retreat: A Reflexive Evaluation of the Participant-Observer’s Meditation Experience as an Interpretive Tool. Fieldwork in Religion FIRN, 9(1), 68-86. Flick, U., Kardorff, E. V., & Steinke, I. (2004). A companion to qualitative research. London: Sage Publications. Heelas, P. (2008). Spiritualities of life: New age Romanticism and consumptive capitalism. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub. Khyentse, J. (2007). What makes you not a Buddhist. Boston: Shambhala. King, N., & Horrocks, C. (2010). Interviews in qualitative research. Los Angeles: SAGE. Lee, M. J. (2000). The consumer society reader. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. Norman, A. (2011). Spiritual Tourism Travel and Religious Practice in Western Society. London: Continuum International Pub. Sharpley, R., & Sundaram, P. (2005). Tourism: A sacred journey? The case of ashram tourism, India. International Journal of Tourism Research Int. J. Tourism Res., 7(3), 161-171. Silverman, D. (2013.). Doing qualitative research, 4th edition. London: Sage Publications Woodhead, L., & Heelas, P. (2000). Religion in modern times: An interpretive anthology. Oxford: Blackwell. |
| Předběžná náplň práce |
| Research Topic:
Buddhism and other Eastern traditions became more and more popular in the West during the course of the 20th century and consequently a significant increase in contacts of Buddhist values and consumer society has occurred in the West in recent decades. Western Buddhism has also been a subject of increasing number of scholarship and research in the 21st century. I would like to focus on influences and intersections of everyday lives in Western consumer society and Buddhist spiritual journeys. Specifically, I would like to explore my own and others experiences of being a Buddhist in daily life in consumer society. The research will take place in Buddhist centres and meditation retreats as well as in ordinary everyday life. In auto-ethnographic research and qualitative interviews I would like to look into the ways in which common everyday life in the West and practicing Buddhism are at odds, or complement one another. Research Question What are the challenges, benefits and other issues of people practicing Buddhism in Western consumer society? Do Buddhists feel more competent and confident in workaday lives in the West or do they feel alienated from consumer society they are part of? Do some long term changes in their views and experience of life occur or do their lives remain largely unchanged? Methodology I will use qualitative ethnographic methods of research, participant observation, in depth interviews, auto-ethnographic account and analysis of secondary literature. I will conduct several semi-structured interviews with westerners who are practicing Buddhists and compare their accounts with my own experience of being a Buddhist in western society. Thesis Structure 1) Introduction 3) Theoretical Background 4) Methodology 2) Research Question 5) Data Analysis 6) Conclusions |
| Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce |
| Research Topic:
Buddhism and other Eastern traditions became more and more popular in the West during the course of the 20th century and consequently a significant increase in contacts of Buddhist values and consumer society has occurred in the West in recent decades. Western Buddhism has also been a subject of increasing number of scholarship and research in the 21st century. I would like to focus on influences and intersections of everyday lives in Western consumer society and Buddhist spiritual journeys. Specifically, I would like to explore my own and others experiences of being a Buddhist in daily life in consumer society. The research will take place in Buddhist centres and meditation retreats as well as in ordinary everyday life. In auto-ethnographic research and qualitative interviews I would like to look into the ways in which common everyday life in the West and practicing Buddhism are at odds, or complement one another. Research Question What are the challenges, benefits and other issues of people practicing Buddhism in Western consumer society? Do Buddhists feel more competent and confident in workaday lives in the West or do they feel alienated from consumer society they are part of? Do some long term changes in their views and experience of life occur or do their lives remain largely unchanged? Methodology I will use qualitative ethnographic methods of research, participant observation, in depth interviews, auto-ethnographic account and analysis of secondary literature. I will conduct several semi-structured interviews with westerners who are practicing Buddhists and compare their accounts with my own experience of being a Buddhist in western society. Thesis Structure 1) Introduction 3) Theoretical Background 4) Methodology 2) Research Question 5) Data Analysis 6) Conclusions |