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Buddhism and Violence - Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia (Hardcover, Tion)
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Buddhism and Violence - Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia (Hardcover, Tion)
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
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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
acquiescence by monastic Buddhism to the most brutal sorts of
warfare. This volume demolishes this stereotype, and produces
instead a coherent, nuanced account on the modern Buddhist
attitudes towards violence and warfare, which take into
consideration both doctrinal logic of Buddhism and the
socio-political situation in Asian Buddhist societies. The chapters
in this book offer a deeper analysis of 'Buddhist militarism' and
Buddhist attitudes towards violence than previous volumes, grounded
in an awareness of Buddhist doctrines and the recent history of
nationalism, as well as the role Buddhism plays in constructions of
national identity. The international team of contributors includes
scholars from Thailand, Japan, and Korea.
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