The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 204
... Buddhism introduced any rules curbing the exercise of power in Japan . In early Western discourse , the legitimation of morals and behaviour depended on paramount principles above and beyond immediate social reality . The abstractions ...
... Buddhism introduced any rules curbing the exercise of power in Japan . In early Western discourse , the legitimation of morals and behaviour depended on paramount principles above and beyond immediate social reality . The abstractions ...
Page 274
... Buddhism provides the contemporary Japanese with anything approaching political principles , a view of life or even moral standards . Most Japanese go through a Shinto - style ceremony when they marry , and have Buddhist sutras chanted ...
... Buddhism provides the contemporary Japanese with anything approaching political principles , a view of life or even moral standards . Most Japanese go through a Shinto - style ceremony when they marry , and have Buddhist sutras chanted ...
Page 280
... Buddhist establishment in his debt . He co - opted popular Buddhism , helping to undermine the ikki that had been inspired by it . Once this had been accomplished , the world - view preached by popular Buddhism had to remain suppressed ...
... Buddhist establishment in his debt . He co - opted popular Buddhism , helping to undermine the ikki that had been inspired by it . Once this had been accomplished , the world - view preached by popular Buddhism had to remain suppressed ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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