Pure Land, Real World : Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination /

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For a thousand years, Japanese Buddhists cultivated vivid images of utopia in the form of the Western Paradise, but in the modern period, this utopianism became troublesome. Shinshu modernizers reinvented the Pure Land: some moulded it into something the nation-state could tolerate; others used it t...

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Autor principal: Curley, Melissa Anne-Marie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Miki, Kiyoshi, > 1897-1945.
Kawakami, Hajime, > 1879-1946.
Ienaga, Saburō, > 1913-2002.
Pure Land Buddhism.
Buddhism and politics.
Utopias > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
PHILOSOPHY > Buddhist.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Utopies > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Bouddhisme et politique > Japon > Histoire.
Bouddhisme de la Terre Pure > Japon > Histoire.
Buddhism and politics > Japan > History.
Pure Land Buddhism > Japan > History.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For a thousand years, Japanese Buddhists cultivated vivid images of utopia in the form of the Western Paradise, but in the modern period, this utopianism became troublesome. Shinshu modernizers reinvented the Pure Land: some moulded it into something the nation-state could tolerate; others used it to secure their own autonomy. This work examines this topic.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780824857783

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