{"product_id":"the-social-organization-of-zen-practice-constructing-transcultural-reality-hardback-9780521350006","title":"The Social Organization of Zen Practice; Constructing Transcultural Reality (Hardback) 9780521350006","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Social Organization of Zen Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConstructing Transcultural Reality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, first published in 1998, provides both a first-hand account and a theoretical analysis of the way an American Zen community works.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid L. Preston (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521350006, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.452 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book, first published in 1998, provides both a first-hand account and a theoretical analysis of the way an American Zen community works. The form Zen practice takes in the United States is described in detail through close study of two Zen groups in southern California. Preston leads readers through the buildings and grounds of a Zen residential community and introduces them to the main forms of Zen practice, paying special attention to the styles and implications of meditation. The book's second half develops a theory of the nature of religious reality as it is shared by Zen practitioners. Preston attempts to explain how this reality - based on a group's ethnography yet at the same time transcending it - relates to meditation and other elements of Zen practice by drawing on the notions of ritual, practice, emotions, and the unconscious found in the writings of Pierre Bourdieu, Randall Collins, Erving Goffman and Emile Durkheim.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Randall Collins\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A Sociological View of Zen: 1. Approaching the study of religion\u003cbr\u003e 2. On going native\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Profile of Zen Membership and Formal Orgainzation in Southern California: 3. A profile of Zen membership\u003cbr\u003e 4. The physical layout of a Zen center\u003cbr\u003e 5. Formal organization and staff\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Zen Teacher: 6. The teacher\u003cbr\u003e 7. Daily schedule\u003cbr\u003e 8. Interaction with students\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. What is Zen?: 9. Learning about Zen\u003cbr\u003e 10. Varieties of Zen practice\u003cbr\u003e 11. Zen viewed sociologically\u003cbr\u003e 12. Zen practice\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Meditation as a Social Phenomenon: I: 13. Becoming a Zen practitioner\u003cbr\u003e 14. Consequences of meditative practice\u003cbr\u003e 15. Becker's model\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Meditation as a Social Phenomenon II: 16. The social constructionist view\u003cbr\u003e 17. Meditation defined\u003cbr\u003e 18. Some consequences of meditative practice\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Doing Zen Meditation: 19. Sudnow's view of improvised conduct\u003cbr\u003e 20. Using Sudnow to see Zen practice sociologically\u003cbr\u003e 21. The social organization of Zen meditation\u003cbr\u003e 22. Problems in Zen practice\u003cbr\u003e 23. An experience of sitting meditation\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. The Social Organization of Zen Meditative Ritual Practice and its Consequences: 24. Bourdieu's concept of habitus\u003cbr\u003e 25. Ritual, self-transformation, and reality construction\u003cbr\u003e Part IX. The Meanings of Zen Practice: 26. Subjective (conscious) meaning\u003cbr\u003e 27. Objective (unconscious) meaning\u003cbr\u003e Part X. Summary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007117807896,"sku":"9780521350006","price":49.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521350006i_775743d7-8bca-4087-9dcf-e3486c37a7b8.jpg?v=1691375573","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-social-organization-of-zen-practice-constructing-transcultural-reality-hardback-9780521350006","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}