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  • Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law

    The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka

    by Benjamin Schonthal ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    It is widely assumed that a well-designed and well-implemented constitution can help ensure religious harmony in modern states. Yet how correct is this assumption? Drawing on groundbreaking research from Sri Lanka, this book argues persuasively for another possibility: when it comes to religion, relying on constitutional law may not be helpful, but harmful; constitutional practice may give way to ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Courts, Constitutions and Karma

    Buddhism, Law and the Practices of Legal Pluralism in Sri Lanka

    by Benjamin Schonthal ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    Although rarely acknowledged, Buddhist monastics are among the most active lawmakers and jurists in Asia, operating sophisticated networks of courts and constitutions while also navigating—and shaping—secular legal systems. This book provides the first in-depth study of Buddhist monastic law and its entanglements with state law in Sri Lanka from 1800 to the present. Rather than a top-down account ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

  • Toleration in Comparative Perspective

    by Purushottama Bilimoria, Benjamin Schonthal, Koichiro Matsuda, Vicki A. Spencer, Anne Mocko, Kam-por Yu, Takashi Shogimen, Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Xiaogan Liu, Scott L. Pratt0, Ken Tsutsumibayashi1, Karen Barkey2, Asma Afsaruddin3 ...
    Series series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
    Toleration in Comparative Perspective is a collection of essays that explores conceptions of toleration and tolerance in Asia and the West. It tests the common assumption in Western political discourse and contemporary political theory that toleration is a uniquely Western virtue. Toleration in modern Western philosophy is understood as principled noninterference in the practices and beliefs of ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law

    Edited by Tom Ginsburg, Benjamin Schonthal ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of experts, the volume offers a complex portrait of “the Buddhist-constitutional complex,” demonstrating the ... Read more

    $114.79 USD

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    1600 to 2000

    Edited by Carol Gluck, Arthur Tiedemann, Wm. Theodore De Bary ...
    Series series Introduction to Asian Civilizations
    Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2, has been considered the authoritative sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from the eighteenth century to the post-World War II period. Now greatly expanded to include the entire twentieth century, and beginning in 1600, Sources of Japanese Tradition presents writings from modern ... Read more

    $94.49 USD

  • Locations of Buddhism

    Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka

    by Anne M. Blackburn ...
    Modernizing and colonizing forces brought nineteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhists both challenges and opportunities. How did Buddhists deal with social and economic change; new forms of political, religious, and educational discourse; and Christianity? And how did Sri Lankan Buddhists, collaborating with other Asian Buddhists, respond to colonial rule? To answer these questions, Anne M. Blackburn ... Read more

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  • Women in Japanese Religions

    by Barbara R Ambros ...
    Series Book 1 - Women in Religions
    A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditionsScholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan's religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view raises a question: How have ambivalent and even misogynistic religious discourses on gender still come to ... Read more

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  • Caste and Democratic Politics in India

    by GHANSHYAM SHAH ...
    The Indian constitution seeks to prevent the perpetuation of caste and build a casteless social system. But this has not happened over the fifty-odd years since Indian independence, and shows little sign of happening in the near future. Therefore no understanding of Indian politics is possible without a thorough understanding of the complexities of caste. The aim of this book is to bring about ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Hinduism and Law

    An Introduction

    Edited by Timothy Lubin, Donald R. Davis Jr, Jayanth K. Krishnan ...
    Covering the earliest Sanskrit rulebooks through to the codification of 'Hindu law' in modern times, this interdisciplinary volume examines the interactions between Hinduism and the law. The authors present the major transformations to India's legal system in both the colonial and post colonial periods and their relation to recent changes in Hinduism. Thematic studies show how law and Hinduism ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • Buddhism and Law

    An Introduction

    Edited by Rebecca Redwood French, Mark A. Nathan ...
    As the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Hindu Law

    Beyond Tradition and Modernity

    by Werner Menski ...
    This book presents a study on a postmodernist analysis of classical Hindu law, which has become neglected due to the modernist assumptions about the increasing irrelevance of ‘religious’ legal systems. The book is split into three parts. The first part focuses on the historical and conceptual background of Hindu law, while the second part concentrates on five facets of Hindu law that go beyond ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

  • Buddhism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Damien Keown ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed over the centuries, Keown considers how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a Buddhist ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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