Has anyone ever written a critical history of Buddhism? if they have, I can't find it. @Meaningness
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Replying to @jaspergregory
Not a comprehensive one afaik. I may be able to recommend readings on particular periods/regions/schools
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Replying to @Meaningness
I am looking for something about Theravada, from the 1700s. Earlier if possible
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Replying to @jaspergregory
I don’t know of an overall critical history of Theravada, even in the 1700s+. (I know Theravada much less well than other systems, also.)
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Replying to @Meaningness
Since the violence started in Myanmar, there have been quite a few critiques, but they seem like polisci or anthropology rather than history
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Replying to @jaspergregory
For the Burmese the Rohingya thing is a minor sideshow I think. I doubt there will be any detailed account of it
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Replying to @Meaningness
Rohingya is a sideshow, but the war with Islam began with their 1790s conquest of Rakhine
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Replying to @jaspergregory
Buddhism has been at war with Islam for well over a millennium.
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FWIW, I’d guess you’d learn more about Burmese situation from political than religious history.
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