Buddhism and Iconoclasm in East Asia: A History

by Fabio Rambelli and Eric Reinders

Book Overview

This is a cross-cultural study of the multifaceted relations between Buddhism, its materiality, and instances of religious violence and destruction in East Asia, which remains a vast and still largely unexplored field of inquiry. Material objects are extremely important not just for Buddhist practice, but also for the conceptualization of Buddhist doctrines; yet, Buddhism developed ambivalent attitudes towards such need for objects, and an awareness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472525957
• ISBN13: 9781472525956
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"