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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Curley, Melissa Anne-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Series:Pure Land Buddhist studies.
Subjects:
Kawakami, Hajime, > 1879-1946.
Miki, Kiyoshi, > 1897-1945.
Ienaga, Saburō, > 1913-2002.
Ienaga, Saburō, > 1913-2002
Kawakami, Hajime, > 1879-1946
Miki, Kiyoshi, > 1897-1945
Pure Land Buddhism > Japan > History.
Buddhism and politics > Japan > History.
Utopias > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Bouddhisme de la Terre Pure > Japon > Histoire.
Bouddhisme et politique > Japon > Histoire.
Utopies > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
PHILOSOPHY > Buddhist.
Utopias > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Buddhism and politics
Pure Land Buddhism
Japan
Ienaga Saburo.
Kawakami Hajime.
Marxism.
Miki Kiyoshi.
Shinran.
Shinshu.
exile.
resistance.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780824857783
082485778X

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