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Paperback Buddhism and Iconoclasm in East Asia: A History Book

ISBN: 1472525957

ISBN13: 9781472525956

Buddhism and Iconoclasm in East Asia: A History

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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...

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