THE NETWORK PARADIGM IN BUDDHIST STUDIES
THE NETWORK PARADIGM IN BUDDHIST STUDIES
Author(s): Anatoliy Alekseev-Apraksin, Boris ErokhinSubject(s): East Asian Philosophy, Evaluation research, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Latvijas Universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts
Keywords: global transnational networks; connectivity; cluster; nods; graph; rhizome; interdisciplinary paradigm; nets; Buddhism; Vajrayana; Diamond Way; emptiness; illusion; dependent origination; tantra;
Summary/Abstract: Expansion of Buddhism in modern societies tends to take forms the researchers often define as global transnational networks. It opens the way to studying Buddhism from the standpoint of network analytics. The novelty of the network paradigm is shifting the focus from studying objects to analyzing their connections and relationships using the ‘graph theory’ as the mode of description. The network approach successfully develops in many modern fields of science (mathematics, physics, biology, sociology, psychology) and even pretends to be a new interdisciplinary paradigm. Many parallels between the network theory and Buddhist ideas call for the investigation of the respective fields. Buddhism regards the phenomenal world in terms of coherence and interdependence.
Journal: Religiski-filozofiski raksti
- Issue Year: XXV/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 305-319
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English