Alan Watts
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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer",[1] known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Daoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.[2]
Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on religion and philosophy, including The Way of Zen (1957), which became one of the first best-selling books on Buddhism. Watts is credited with introducing the Beat Generation and the emerging 1960's counterculture to Buddhism and Eastern religion through his books and lectures.
- Further reading
Alan Watts, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ Furlong 2001, p. 150.
- ↑ James Craig Holte The Conversion Experience in America: A 'Sourcebook on American Religious Conversion Autobiography page 199
Sources
- Furlong, Monica (2001) [1986]. Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts. Vermont: Skylight Paths.