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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Victoria, Daizen, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Colección:RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Monks and soldiers move on their stomachs
  • The Zen of assassination
  • Ōmori Sōgen : the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Zen
  • Zen Master Dōgen goes to war : the militarist and anti-semitic writings of Yasutani Haku'un
  • Carrying Zen to China
  • Zen "selflessness" in Japanese militarism. The general and the Zen Master ; Zen : the foundation of military spirit
  • Buddhist war bereavement
  • Confessions of a Buddhist chaplain
  • Buddhism : the last refuge of war criminals. Colonel Tsuji Masanobu goes underground ; Finding religion on death row
  • Buddhism : a top secret religion in wartime Japan.