Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia
Stephanie Balkwill, James A. Benn
"Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia explores the long relationship between Buddhism and the state in premodern times and seeks to counter the modern, secularist notion that Buddhism, as a religion, is inherently apolitical. By revealing the methods by which members of Buddhist communities across premodern East Asia related to imperial rule, this volume offers case studies of how Buddhists, their texts, material culture, ideas, and institutions legitimated rulers and defended regimes across the region"--
Рік:
2022
Мова:
english
ISBN 10:
9004510222
ISBN 13:
9789004510227
Файл:
PDF, 3.36 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2022