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
Main Author: Curley, Melissa Anne-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
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.
ISBN:9780824857783

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