Alan Watts in Late-Twentieth-Century Discourse: Commentary and Criticism from 1974 to 1994

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Peter J. Columbus (Shantigar Foundation, USA.)

Alan Watts in Late-Twentieth-Century Discourse

Commentary and Criticism from 1974 to 1994

Peter J. Columbus (Shantigar Foundation, USA.)

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Routledge
17 November 2023

Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Religion: general; History of ideas; Psychological theory & schools of thought

Series: Routledge Research in Psychology

This book is an anthology of commentary and criticism written within the transitional period between Alan Watts’ 1973 death and the twenty-first century intellectual horizon.

Comprised of 16 chapters written and published between 1974 and 1994, with up-to-date introductions from the essayists and other contemporary thinkers, this volume opens a window onto unexplored grounds of Alan Watts’ impact within late-twentieth-century discourse – an intermediate space where scholars reoriented their bearings through changing times and emerging academic trends. Offering varied explanations and assessments of Alan Watts, including his influence on the Beat and Hippie generations, and his popularization of Zen Buddhism in America, it tackles unaddressed questions within the milieu of late-twentieth-century America from the Reagan Revolution and religious conservatism, to paradigm shifts in Buddhist studies and the rise of post-colonial theory. Contributors’ post-mortem analyses and critiques of Watts allow for a thematic rendering of their consonance or dissonance with noted Beat, Hippie, and Zen Buddhism themes of his lifetime.

This volume will appeal to scholars and students of humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, the psychology of religion, comparative religion, and American studies.

Edited by: Peter J. Columbus (Shantigar Foundation USA.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1.110kg
ISBN: 9781032471358
ISBN 10: 1032471352
Series: Routledge Research in Psychology
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 17 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter J. Columbus is administrator of Shantigar Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of Valley Zendo – a Soto Zen Buddhist Temple in the lineage of Kodo Sawaki and Kosho Uchiyama. He holds a PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA.