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John Makeham
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Oxford University Press
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April 2014
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April 2014
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Transforming Consciousness forces us to rethink the entire project in modern China of the "translation of the West." Taken together, the chapters develop a wide-ranging and deeply sourced argument that Yogacara Buddhism played a much more important role in the development of modern Chinese thought (including philosophy, religion, scientific thinking, social, thought, and more) than has previously been recognized. They show that Yogacara Buddhism enabled key intellectuals of the late Qing and early Republic to understand, accept, modify, and critique central elements of Western social, political, and scientific thought. The chapters cover the entire period of Yogacara's distinct shaping of modern Chinese intellectual movements, from its roots in Meiji Japan through its impact on New Confucianism. If non-Buddhists found Yogacara useful as an indigenous form of logic and scientific thinking, Buddhists found it useful in thinking through the fundamental principles of the Mahayana school, textual criticism, and reforming the canon.
This is a crucial intervention into contemporary scholarly understandings of China's twentieth century, and it comes at a moment in which increasing attention is being paid to modern Chinese thought, both in Western scholarship and within China.
Author
John Makeham
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
April 2014
Weight
591g
Page Count
464
Dimensions
155 x 234 x 34 mm
ISBN
9780199358137
ISBN-10
0199358133
Eden Code
4262695
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Author/Creator: John Makeham
ISBN: 9780199358137
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: April 2014
Weight: 591g
Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 34 mm
Eden Code: 4262695