[Buddha-l] Another query

[StormyTet at aol.com]

Thank you R. Nance.  You gave me a lot to contemplate in your  response. 
 
Stormy

Back to  hybridity: if you find the notion of hybridity useful, then by
all means  use it. The reason that I find it less than useful in this
case is that  Buddhism has *always* been hybrid. And by that, I mean
something rather  simple and, I think, uncontroversial: Buddhism has
always drawn on elements  from whatever cultural framework it lands in
(or, indeed, originates from  -- going all the way back to India).
Charting the ways that this has played  out (and is playing out) in
different cultures is very interesting and  useful work; a great deal
remains to be done. I just hope that those who  opt to engage in it
don't fall prey to the tendency I see in Zizek: the  tendency to
substitute sweeping ex cathedra generalization for what is  admittedly
slow, painstaking and often frustrating work, whether in the  field or
in the library.

Good luck in your studies,  Stormy.


R. Nance




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