Double hiddenness: Governmentality and subjectivization in Gelug Buddhism

Autor:	Jed Forman
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	060303 religions & theology 05 social sciences Buddhism Religious studies 050109 social psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 06 humanities and the arts Sociology 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Governmentality
Zdroj:	Critical Research on Religion. 9:317-331
ISSN:	2050-3040 2050-3032
DOI:	10.1177/2050303220986985
Popis:	Tibetan Buddhism, the Gelug school specifically, promotes a deep skepticism about the ability to know others’ minds. Its scripture is rife with cautionary tales allegorizing and extolling this skepticism in adherents, while claiming a buddha, by contrast, has eradicated this skepticism with their omniscience. I describe a buddha’s purported privileged epistemic access to others’ minds as “double-hiddenness.” On this skepticism, not just what a buddha knows, but if they know it is hidden, making their authority irreputable. I use critical theory to investigate the ramifications of this double hiddenness, demonstrating that the resultant subjectivization brought about by this extreme skepticism—although the product of power—is not merely a type of subjugation, as suggested by Foucault, but also constitutes a robust agency.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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