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In Search of the Way

Thought and Religion in Early-Modern Japan, 1582-1860

by Richard Bowring

  • Hardback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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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.
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  • Author

    Richard Bowring

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    December 2016

  • Weight

    663g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198795230

  • ISBN-10

    0198795238

  • Eden Code

    4520616

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