Discourse and ideology in medieval Japanese Buddhism
Richard K. Payne (Editor), Taigen Daniel Leighton (Editor)
"The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to understanding the dynamics of the transformation. One main focus of analysis is what Buddhism - its practices and doctrines, its traditions and institutions - meant for medieval Japanese peoples themselves. This is achieved by using the notions of discourse and ideology and juxtaposing various topics on shared linguistic practices and discursive worlds of medieval Japanese Buddhism."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
Routledge, London, 2006