1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462446503321

Titolo

Buddhism and violence : militarism and Buddhism in modern Asia / / edited by Vladimir Tikhonov and Torkel Brekke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-60614-3

9786613918598

1-136-27708-0

0-203-11102-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in religion ; ; 19

Altri autori (Persone)

BrekkeTorkel

TikhonovVladimir

Disciplina

294.3/37273

294.337

294.337273

Soggetti

Violence - Asia - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Militarism - Asia - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Militarism - Asia - History - 20th century

Militarism - Asia - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction: Dialectics of Violence and Non-Violence-Buddhism and Other Religions; PART I Nationalism and Militarism in Modern Asian Buddhisms; 1 Sinhala Ethno-nationalisms and Militarization in Sri Lanka; 2 Military Temples and Saffron-Robed Soldiers: Legitimacy and the Securing of Buddhism in Southern Thailand; 3 Reconsidering the Historiography of Modern Korean Buddhism: Nationalism and Identity of the Chogye Order of Korean Buddhism; PART II Militarism and the Buddhist Monks

4 A Path to Militant Buddhism: Thai Buddhist Monks as Representations5 Canonical Ambiguity and Differential Practices: Buddhism and Militarism in Contemporary Sri Lanka; 6 The Monks and



the Hmong: The Special Relationship between the Chao Fa and the Tham Krabok Buddhist Temple in Saraburi Province, Thailand; 7 A Closer Look at Zen at War: The Battlefield Chaplaincy of Shaku Sōen in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905); PART III Buddhist Justifications for Peace and Militarism; 8 Question of Violence in Thai Buddhism; 9 Buddhism and the Justification of War with Focus on Chinese Buddhist History

10 Anti-War and Peace Movements among Japanese Buddhists after the Second World War11 Violent Buddhism-Korean Buddhists and the Pacific War, 1937-1945; Conclusion; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is generally accepted in the West that Buddhism is a 'peaceful' religion. The Western public tends to assume that the doctrinal rejection of violence in Buddhism would make Buddhist pacifists, and often expects Buddhist societies or individual Asian Buddhists to conform to the modern Western standards of 'peaceful' behavior. This stereotype - which may well be termed 'positive Orientalism,' since it is based on assumption that an 'Oriental' religion would be more faithful to its original non-violent teachings than Western Christianity - has been periodically challenged by enthusiastic ac



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910496011803321

Autore

Lavou Zoungbo Victorien

Titolo

Du « Migrant nu » au citoyen différé : « Présence-histoire » des Noirs en Amérique latine, discours et représentations / / Victorien Lavou Zoungbo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Perpignan, : Presses universitaires de Perpignan, 2020

ISBN

2-35412-396-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Études

Soggetti

History

histoire

Noirs

Amérique latine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Ce livre de Victorien Lavou Zoungbo constitue une tentative d’articulation de ses travaux autour de la « présence-histoire » des Noirs en Amérique Latine. Il y met particulièrement en exergue les rapports contradictoires des imaginaires sociaux latino-américains aux Noirs. Ces derniers, bien que rendus invisibles ou vécus comme tels par cette structure d’aliénation dont parlait Frantz Fanon, ne cessent cependant pas de fonctionner comme un commutateur d’identités aussi bien individuelles ou collectives que locales, régionales ou nationales.  Le livre insiste aussi sur le devenir-sujet des Noirs en Amérique Latine. Il s’agit là d’un processus qui s’est renforcé considérablement à partir de la décennie 1990, suite à des décisions politiques, comme en Colombie, mais surtout du fait même de la mobilisation publique des Noirs. Cela a fatalement conduit à des repositionnements identitaires mais a aussi entraîné une redéfinition de certaines catégories et de certains présupposés, surtout anthropologiques, qui ont servi (et servent encore) à dire le parcours historique des Noirs en Amérique ainsi que leur vécu.