Georges Dreyfus
Biographic Data
| ID | 5590534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georges Dreyfus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georges |
| FAMILY NAME | Dreyfus |
| SIGNATURE | DREYFUS G |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9502-5072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chapter 6 Should We Be Scared? The Return of the Sacred and the Rise of Religious Nationalism in South Asia
Crediting God
Tocqueville suggested that "the people reign in the American political world like God over the universe.” This intuition anticipates the crisis in the secularization paradigm that has brought theology back as a fundamental part of sociological and political analysis. It has become more difficult to believe that humanity’s progress necessarily leads to atheism, or that it is possible to translate all that is good about religion into reasonable ter…
Is mindfulness present-centred and non-judgmental? A discussion of the cognitive dimensions of mindfulness
This essay critiques the standard characterization of mindfulness as present-centred non-judgmental awareness, arguing that this account misses some of the central features of mindfulness as described by classical Buddhist accounts, which present mindfulness as being relevant to the past as well as to the present. I show that for these sources the central feature of mindfulness is not its present focus but its capacity to hold its object and thus…
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping
Recognizing Reality
A Study of Svatantrika
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A Study of Svatantrika
Recognizing Reality
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping
Is mindfulness present-centred and non-judgmental? A discussion of the cognitive dimensions of mindfulness
This essay critiques the standard characterization of mindfulness as present-centred non-judgmental awareness, arguing that this account misses some of the central features of mindfulness as described by classical Buddhist accounts, which present mindfulness as being relevant to the past as well as to the present. I show that for these sources the central feature of mindfulness is not its present focus but its capacity to hold its object and thus…
Chapter 6 Should We Be Scared? The Return of the Sacred and the Rise of Religious Nationalism in South Asia
Crediting God
Tocqueville suggested that "the people reign in the American political world like God over the universe.” This intuition anticipates the crisis in the secularization paradigm that has brought theology back as a fundamental part of sociological and political analysis. It has become more difficult to believe that humanity’s progress necessarily leads to atheism, or that it is possible to translate all that is good about religion into reasonable ter…
Philosophy (5 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Acoustics (1 works) · Agricultural Economics and Practices (1 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works)