McMahan, David L. The Making of Buddhist Modernism (0195183274)
In this book, David McMahan offers the first comprehensive attempt to chart the development of 'modern Buddhism.' His position is critical but empathetic: while he presents modern Buddhism as a construction of numerous parties with varying interests, he does not reduce it to a mistake, a misrepresentation, or a fabrication. Rather, he presents modern Buddhism as a complex historical process constituted by a variety of responses - sometimes trivial, often profound - to some of the most important concerns of the modern era.
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