Brian Daizen Victoria

Zen at War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book documents the unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. It draws on the writings and speeches of leading Zen masters and scholars.

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Produktdetails

• War and Peace Library
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780742539266
• ISBN-10: 0742539261
• Artikelnr.: 21694458

Autorenporträt

By Brian Daizen Victoria

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 THE MEIJI RESTORATION OF 1868 AND BUDDHISM Chapter 2 The Attempted
Suppression of Buddhism Chapter 3 Early Buddhist Social Ferment Chapter 4
Uchiyama Gudo: Radical Soto Zen Priest Chapter 5 Institutional Buddhism's
Rejection of Progressive Social Action Part 6 JAPANESE MILITARISM AND
BUDDHISM Chapter 7 The Incorporation of Buddhism into the Japanese War
Machine (1913-30) Chapter 8 Buddhist Resistance to Japanese Militarism
Chapter 9 The Emergence of Imperial-Way Buddhism Chapter 10 The Emergence
of Imperial-State Zen and Soldier Zen Chapter 11 Other Zen Masters and
Scholars in the War Effort Part 12 POSTWAR TRENDS Chapter 13 The Postwar
Japanese Responses to Imperial-Way Buddhism, Imperial-State Zen, and
Soldier Zen Chapter 14 Corporate Zen in Postwar Japan Chapter 15 Was It
Buddhism?