Against Harmony
Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 June 2017
- ISBN 9780190664008
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 157x236x33 mm
- Weight 680 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought and practice from the mid-Meiji period (ca. 1885) through the early Showa period (ca. 1935).
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Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought practice from the mid-Meiji period through the early Showa period. Perhaps the two best representations of progressive Buddhism during this time were the New Buddhist Fellowship (1899-1915) and the Youth League for Revitalizing Buddhism (1931-1936), both non-sectarian, lay movements well-versed in both classical Buddhist texts and Western philosophy and religion. Their work effectively collapsed commonly held distinctions between religion, philosophy, ethics, politics, and economics. Unlike many others of their day, they did not regard the novel forces of modernization as problematic and disruptive, but as opportunities.
James Mark Shields examines the intellectual genealogy and alternative visions of progressive and radical Buddhism in the decades leading up to the Pacific War. Exposing the variety in the conceptions and manifestations of progress, reform, and modernity in this period, he outlines their important implications for postwar and contemporary Buddhism in Japan and elsewhere.
an inevitable point of reference for future studies of modern Japanese Buddhism.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Prelude
1 The Many Faces of Meiji Buddhist Enlightenment
2 Unification and Spiritual Activism: Murakami and Manshi
3 Warp & Woof: The New Buddhist Discovery of Society
4 Zen & the Art of Treason: Renegade Priests of Late Meiji
5 Anarcho-Buddhist Utopia: Taisho Tolstoyans
6 Extremes Meet: Radical Buddhists of Early Showa
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
