James Mark Shields

Against Harmony

Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought and practice from the mid-Meiji period (ca. 1885) through the early Showa period (ca. 1935).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780190664008
• ISBN-10: 0190664002
• Artikelnr.: 47865415

Autorenporträt

James Mark Shields is Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities and Asian Thought at Bucknell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Prelude
1 The Many Faces of Meiji Buddhist Enlightenment
2 Unification and Spiritual Activism: Murakami and Manshi
3 Warp and Woof: The New Buddhist Discovery of Society
4 Zen and the Art of Treason: Renegade Priests of Late Meiji
5 Anarcho-Buddhist Utopia: Taisho Tolstoyans
6 Extremes Meet: Radical Buddhists of Early Showa
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index