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In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860

Richard Bowring

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In Search of the Way is a history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period, covering the years 1582-1860. It begins with an explanation of the fate of Christianity, and proceeds to cover the changing nature of the relationship between Buddhism and secular
authority, new developments in Shinto, and the growth of 'Japanese studies'. The main emphasis, however, is on the process by which Neo-Confucianism captured the imagination of the intellectual class and informed debate throughout the period. This process was expressed in terms of a never-ending
search for the Way, a mode and pattern of existence that could provide not only order for society at large, but self-fulfilment for the individual. The narrative traces how ideas and attitudes changed through time, and is based on the premise that the Tokugawa period is important in and of itself,
not merely as a backdrop to the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: February 01, 2017

ISBN: 0198795238

ISBN 13: 9780198795230

In Search of the Way: Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860

Richard Bowring

5/5 ( ratings)

In Search of the Way is a history of intellectual and religious developments in Japan during the Tokugawa period, covering the years 1582-1860. It begins with an explanation of the fate of Christianity, and proceeds to cover the changing nature of the relationship between Buddhism and secular
authority, new developments in Shinto, and the growth of 'Japanese studies'. The main emphasis, however, is on the process by which Neo-Confucianism captured the imagination of the intellectual class and informed debate throughout the period. This process was expressed in terms of a never-ending
search for the Way, a mode and pattern of existence that could provide not only order for society at large, but self-fulfilment for the individual. The narrative traces how ideas and attitudes changed through time, and is based on the premise that the Tokugawa period is important in and of itself,
not merely as a backdrop to the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: February 01, 2017

ISBN: 0198795238

ISBN 13: 9780198795230

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