Bernhard Scheid, Mark Teeuwen

The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating collection traces the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion and analyzes the decline of religious esotericism in Japan. The contributors examine the impact of Esoteric Buddhism on Japanese culture, exploring its centrality to Japan's 'culture of secrecy'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134168736
• Artikelnr.: 42726487

Autorenporträt

Bernhard Scheid is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Mark Teeuwen is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Japan's Medieval Culture of Secrecy Part 1: Prologue 2.
Secrets, Secrecy, and the Study of Religions 3. The Problem of Secrecy in
Indian Tantric Buddhism 4. Myth and Secrecy in Tang-Period Tantric Buddhism
Part 2: Japan's Medieval Culture of Secrecy 5. Secrecy in Japanese Esoteric
Buddhism 6. Reconsidering the Taxonomy of the "Esoteric" 7. Knowing vs.
Owning a Secret 8. Secrecy, Sex and Apocrypha 9. Esotericism in Noh
Commentaries and Plays 10. The Elephant in the Room 11. Myths, Rites, and
Icons 12. Two Modes of Secrecy Part 3: The Demise of Secrecy 13. When
Secrecy Ends 14. Hiding the Shoguns 15. "Esoteric" and "Public"