| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism |
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RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism
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| Contents |
The Zen Master wept -- 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 |
| Summary |
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, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' in order to develop a fanatical military spirit in both soldiers and civilians. Furthermore, that D.T. Suzuki, the most famous exponent of Zen in the West |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Zen Buddhism
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Buddhism and state -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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Zen Buddhism -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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War -- Religious aspects
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Buddhism and state
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Zen Buddhism
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Zen.
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Militarisme.
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Nationalisme.
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002031602 |
| ISBN |
9781136127625 |
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1136127623 |
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9780203037423 |
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0203037421 |
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9781136127786 |
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113612778X |
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9781136127700 |
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1136127704 |
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1283886464 |
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9781283886468 |
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