{"product_id":"thailands-international-meditation-centers-brooke-schedneck-9780415819589","title":"Thailand's International Meditation Centers: Tourism and the Global Commodification of Religious Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay \u003ci\u003evipassana\u003c\/i\u003e meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange, spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with different cultures, and are appropriated over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brooke Schedneck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041581958X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415819589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Brooke Schedneck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064962199807,"sku":"9780415819589","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32a33793-f5ab-449b-bede-cf0bbc9a1aad.jpg?v=1768672209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thailands-international-meditation-centers-brooke-schedneck-9780415819589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}