Brian Daizen Victoria

Zen Terror in Prewar Japan

Portrait of an Assassin

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the profound influence of Zen Buddhist–linked terrorism in modern Japan. Brian Victoria follows a band of Zen Buddhist–trained adherents who ardently believed in their mission to carry out political assassinations in the 1930s, facilitating Japan’s transformation into a totalitarian state and setting the stage for Pearl Harbor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781538131664
• ISBN-10: 1538131668
• Artikelnr.: 56150216

Autorenporträt

Brian Daizen Victoria, a fully ordained Soto Zen priest, is currently a senior research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. His publications include Zen at War and Zen War Stories. Zen Terror in Prewar Japan is the third book in the trilogy.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by James Mark Shields
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Setting the Stage: Japan from the 1860s through the 1930s
3 A Troubled Youth
4 An Adventurer in China
5 Fighting in World War I
6 The Winding Road to Enlightenment
7 The Voice of Heaven
8 The Blood Oath Corps Incident
9 Patriots on Trial
10 Imprisonment: The Zen of Pasting Envelopes
11 From Prison Cell to Prime Minister's Estate
12 An Ultranationalist in Postwar Japan
13 Unraveling the Historical Matrix
14 Unraveling the Religious Matrix
15 Trilogy Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix 1: The Assassination of General Nagata Tetsuzan
Appendix 2: Zen in the February 26, 1936, Incident
Appendix 3: Historical Background Materials
Notes
References
Index
About the Author