"Disembedded" Buddhism in a Techno-Global Cosmology: The Case of Spike Jonze’s Film Her (2013)

This essay explores the subtle but key influence of Buddhist ideas in Spike Jonze’s highly successful 2013 film Her, which reflects the currents of disembedded Buddhism woven through ostensibly non-Buddhist cultural spaces and texts, engaging with contemporary social concerns. In Her they manifest...

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Main Author: Jesse Barker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for the Study of Global Buddhism 2022-07-01
Series:Journal of Global Buddhism
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Online Access:https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/1993