An academic essay collection edited by Peter J. Columbus, published by Routledge in 2021 in its Routledge Research in Psychology series. Its own subtitle, Understanding Contributions and Controversies, states its structure directly: contributors examine Watts's influence across psychology, philosophy and religious studies alongside the disputes over the accuracy and depth of his renderings of the Buddhist, Taoist and Hindu material he popularized, rather than treating either side alone as the whole account.
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Tier one: an academic essay collection published by Routledge in its Routledge Research in Psychology series, examining Watts's influence across psychology, philosophy and religious studies alongside the disputes over the accuracy of his renderings of the traditions he popularized. Its strength is that its own subtitle states its structure directly, treating both contribution and controversy rather than either side alone. NotesAn academic-press edited collection in a peer-reviewed research series; reliable as evidence that Watts's reception is a live, structured academic question with named contributors on more than one side, not a settled consensus in either direction. This atlas entry has not read every individual chapter and does not attribute any single contributor's specific claim beyond the volume's own stated framing.
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AuthorPeter J. Columbus (editor)
PublisherRoutledge
Publication Year2021
URLhttps://www.routledge.com/The-Relevance-of-Alan-Watts-in-Contemporary-Culture-Understanding-Contributions-and-Controversies/Columbus/p/book/9780367640385
Source TypeEdited collection
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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