Recovering Buddhism in Modern ChinaHardcover, 29 March 2016

Recovering Buddhism in Modern China
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Part of Series
The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
Part of Series
Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
Print Length
400 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
29 Mar 2016
ISBN-10
0231172761
ISBN-13
9780231172769

Description

Modern Chinese history told from a Buddhist perspective restores the vibrant, creative role of religion in postimperial China. It shows how urban Buddhist elites jockeyed for cultural dominance in the early Republican era, how Buddhist intellectuals reckoned with science, and how Buddhist media contributed to modern print cultures. It recognizes the political importance of sacred Buddhist relics and the complex processes through which Buddhists both participated in and experienced religious suppression under Communist rule. Today, urban and rural communities alike engage with Buddhist practices to renegotiate class, gender, and kinship relations in post-Mao China.

This volume vividly portrays these events and more, recasting Buddhism as a critical factor in China's twentieth-century development. Each chapter connects a moment in Buddhist history to a significant theme in Chinese history, creating new narratives of Buddhism's involvement in the emergence of urban modernity, the practice of international diplomacy, the mobilization for total war, and other transformations of state, society, and culture. Working across an extraordinary thematic range, this book reincorporates Buddhism into the formative processes and distinctive character of Chinese history.

Product Details

Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 March 2016
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.49 x 3.3 cm
ISBN-10:
0231172761
ISBN-13:
9780231172769
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
400
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Weight:
680.39 gm

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