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Zen war stories /
Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War. Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeCurzon,
2003.
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| Colección: | RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War. Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' in order to develop a fanatical military spirit in both soldiers and civilians. Furthermore, that D.T. Suzuki, the most famous exponent of Zen in the West. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136127625 1136127623 9780203037423 0203037421 9781136127786 113612778X 9781136127700 1136127704 1283886464 9781283886468 |