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Against Harmony: Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan
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Against Harmony: Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan Hardcover - 2017

by James Mark Shields


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Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought and practice, from the mid-Meiji period through the early Showa. 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.

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  • Title Against Harmony: Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan
  • Author James Mark Shields
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2017-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780190664008 / 0190664002
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects Buddhism - Japan - History - 20th century, Buddhism - Japan - History - 21st century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016033062
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.309

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About the author


James Mark Shields is Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities and Asian Thought at Bucknell University.
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