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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Faure, Bernard (1948-....)
Titre(s) : Gods of medieval Japan. Volume 3, Rage and ravage [Texte imprimé] / Bernard Faure
Lien au titre d'ensemble : Appartient à : Gods of Medieval Japan
Publication : Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. ( xi-534 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 451-521. Index
Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, this multivolume project
promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric
Buddhism specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval
Japan. Bernard Faure introduces readers to medieval Japanese religiosity and shows
the centrality of the gods in religious discourse and ritual, presenting the gods
(including buddhas and demons) as meaningful and powerful interlocutors and not merely
as cyphers for social groups or projections of the human mind. Throughout Faure engages
insights drawn from structuralism, post-structuralism, and Actor-network theory to
retrieve the "implicit pantheon" (as opposed to the "explicit orthodox pantheon")
of esoteric Japanese Buddhism (Mikkyō). Through a number of case studies, Faure describes
and analyzes the impressive mythological and ritual efflorescence that marked the
medieval period, not only in the religious domain, but also in the political, artistic,
and literary spheres. He displays vast knowledge of his subject and presents his research
much of it in largely unstudied material with theoretical sophistication. His arguments
and analyses assume the centrality of the iconographic record, and he has brought
together a rich and rare collection of images. This emphasis on iconography and the
ways in which it complements, supplements, or deconstructs textual orthodoxy is critical
to a fuller comprehension of a set of medieval Japanese beliefs and practices. It
also offers a corrective to the traditional division of the field into religious studies,
which typically ignores the images, and art history, which oftentimes overlooks their
ritual and religious meaning.--Publisher
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Rage and ravage
Sujet(s) : Dieux bouddhiques -- Japon
Bouddhisme -- Japon -- 1185-1600
Démonologie bouddhique -- Japon
Religions -- Japon -- Moyen âge
Bouddhisme -- Relations -- Shintō -- Japon
Shintō -- Relations -- Bouddhisme -- Japon
Histoire religieuse -- Japon -- Jusqu'à 1600
Indice(s) Dewey :
294.342 110952 (23e éd.) = Dieu, dieux, déesses, divinités et déités (bouddhisme) - Japon
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-8248-8624-0 (rel.). - ISBN 0824886240
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471211089
Notice n° :
FRBNF47121108
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : v. 1.. The fluid pantheon -- ; v. 2.. Protectors and predators -- ; v. 3.. Rage and
ravage
