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Auteur(s) : DuBois, Thomas David (1969-....)
Titre(s) : Religion and the making of modern East Asia [Texte imprimé] / Thomas David DuBois
Publication : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
Description matérielle : xii, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Collection : New approaches to Asian history
Lien à la collection : New approaches to Asian history
Comprend : In the beginning: religion and history ; Ming China: the fourteenth century's new world order ; The Buddha and the shogun in sixteenth-century Japan ; Opportunities lost: the failure of Christianity, 1550-1750 ; Buddhism: incarnations and reincarnations ; Apocalypse now ; Out of the twilight: religion and the late nineteenth century ; Into the abyss: religion and the road to disaster during the early twentieth century ; Brave new world : religion in the reinvention of postwar Asia ; The globalization of Asian religion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index
"Religion and religious ideas have played a fundamental role in the shaping of Asian
history, society, and cultural practices. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas
David DuBois sets out to explain how religious traditions and philosophies in China
and Japan have evolved and intersected since the birth of Confucianism in China and
the arrival of Buddhism in Japan. Crossing a broad terrain from Tokyo to Tibet, the
book concentrates on the post-fourteenth century, when the long-lasting political
dynasties that transformed the political, social, and economic institutions of both
countries came into being. It is these connections that the author is keen to highlight,
and he does so to effect by using key moments, such as the Taiping Uprising and the
Boxer Rebellion, to underscore the importance of religion in transforming the course
of Asian history. Contemporary chapters reflect on the wartime deification of the
Japanese emperor, Marxism as religion, and the persecution of the Dalai Lama"--
Sujet(s) : Confucianisme -- Asie orientale -- Histoire
Bouddhisme -- Asie orientale -- Histoire
Histoire religieuse -- Asie orientale
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107008090 (hardback). - ISBN 1107008093 (hardback). - ISBN 9781107400405 (pbk.). - ISBN 1107400406 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42738067s
Notice n° :
FRBNF42738067
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