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Podcast: New Books in Buddhist Studies
Episode: 83 Stephen Batchelor on Secularizing Buddhism
Description: Today I speak to Stephen Batchelor, figurehead for Secular Buddhism, well known author, and Scot. I present the lovely man some of the critique aimed at his work in the book Secularizing Buddhism, and from my previous interview with Richard K. Payne. We also discuss some of his intellectual influences, touch on phenomenology, Gianni Vattimo, and whether Stephen is fixated on the past in his relationship with early Buddhism. Stephen was game throughout for what turned out to be a constructive and illuminating conversation.Next up will be one of Stephen’s collaborators and philosophically informed secular Bu...