عنوان

Peasant Revolts as Anti-Authoritarian Archetypes for Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan

شماره

LA116729

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Peasant Revolts as Anti-Authoritarian Archetypes for Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

James Mark Shields

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The late Meiji period (1868-1912) witnessed the birth of various forms of "progressive" and "radical" Buddhism both within and beyond traditional Japanese Buddhist institutions. This paper examines several historical precedents for "Buddhist revolution" in East Asian-and particularly Japanese-peasant rebellions of the early modern period. I argue that these rebellions, or at least the received narratives of such, provided significant "root paradigms" for the thought and practice of early Buddhist socialists and radical Buddhists of early twentieth century Japan. Even if these narratives ended in "failure"-as, indeed, they often did-they can be understood as examples of what James White calls "expressionistic action," in which figures act out of interests or on the basis of principle without concern for "success." Although White argues that: "Such expressionistic action was not a significant component of popular contention in Tokugawa Japan"-that does not mean that the received tales were not interpreted in such a fashion by later Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa-era sympathizers. The late Meiji period (1868-1912) witnessed the birth of various forms of "progressive" and "radical" Buddhism both within and beyond traditional Japanese Buddhist institutions. This paper examines several historical precedents for "Buddhist revolution" in East Asian-and particularly Japanese-peasant rebellions of the early modern period. I argue that these rebellions, or at least the received narratives of such, provided significant "root paradigms" for the thought and practice of early Buddhist socialists and radical Buddhists of early twentieth century Japan. Even if these narratives ended in "failure"-as, indeed, they often did-they can be understood as examples of what James White calls "expressionistic action," in which figures act out of interests or on the basis of principle without concern for "success." Although White argues that: "Such expressionistic action was not a significant component of popular contention in Tokugawa Japan"-that does not mean that the received tales were not interpreted in such a fashion by later Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa-era sympathizers.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

3-21

عنوان

Journal of Religion in Japan

شماره جلد

5/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2211-8349

اصطلاح موضوعی

Buddhist modernism

اصطلاح موضوعی

peasant rebellion

اصطلاح موضوعی

radical Buddhism

اصطلاح موضوعی

religion and politics

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

James Mark Shields

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/22118349-00501002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y