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19 produkter
Awesome Nightfall
The Life, Times, and Poetry of Saigyo
E-bok, 2012
159 kr
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Awesome Nightfall: The Life, Times, and Poetry of Saigyo captures the power of Saigyo''s poetry and this previously overlooked poet''s keen insight into the social and political world of medieval Japan. It also offers a fascinating look into the world of Japanese Buddhism prior to the wholesale …
Dark Medicine
Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research
Av William R. LaFleur, Gernot Böhme m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
267 kr
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The trial of the "German doctors" exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731 carried out hideous experiments on captured Chinese and downed American pilots. In the United States, stories linger of biological …
Karma of Words
Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan
Häftad, 1986
493 kr
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"A masterly book ...will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards." (Times Literary Supplement). "A major contribution to the fields of Japanese studies, comparative literature, and history of religions ...a book that begs for …
Karma of Words
Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan
E-bok, 1986
578 kr
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"A masterly book . . . will prove of great assistance to a student of Japanese literature and thought from the eleventh century onwards." --Times Literary Supplement "A major contribution to the fields of Japanese studies, comparative literature, and history of religions . . . a book that begs for …
Liquid Life
Abortion and Buddhism in Japan
Häftad, 1994
867 kr
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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? Equally puzzling to many Westerners is the Japanese practice of mizuko rites, in which the parents of aborted fetuses pray for the well-being of these rejected "lives." In this …
Flowing Traces
Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan
Av James H. Sanford, William R. LaFleur m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1014 kr
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According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider …
Flowing Traces
Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan
Av James H. Sanford, William R. LaFleur m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2303 kr
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According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider …
Zen and Western Thought
Av Masao Abe, William R. LaFleur
Häftad, 1989
246 kr
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This collection of Abe's essays is a welcome addition to philosophy and comparative philosophy.
Biolust, Brain Death, and the Battle Over Organ Transplants
America’s Biotech Juggernaut and its Japanese Critics
Av William R. LaFleur, Edward R. Drott
Inbunden, 2022
1275 kr
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William LaFleur (1936-2010), an eminent scholar of Japanese studies, left behind a substantial number of influential publications, as well as several unpublished works. The most significant of these examines debates concerning the practice of organ transplantation in Japan and the United States, …
Biolust, Brain Death, and the Battle Over Organ Transplants
America’S Biotech Juggernaut and its Japanese Critics
Av William R. LaFleur, Edward R. Drott
E-bok, 2022
468 kr
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William LaFleur (1936-2010), an eminent scholar of Japanese studies, left behind a substantial number of influential publications, as well as several unpublished works. The most significant of these examines debates concerning the practice of organ transplantation in Japan and the United States, …
Biolust, Brain Death, and the Battle Over Organ Transplants
America’S Biotech Juggernaut and its Japanese Critics
Av William R. LaFleur, Edward R. Drott
E-bok, 2022
453 kr
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William LaFleur (1936-2010), an eminent scholar of Japanese studies, left behind a substantial number of influential publications, as well as several unpublished works. The most significant of these examines debates concerning the practice of organ transplantation in Japan and the United States, …
Biolust, Brain Death, and the Battle Over Organ Transplants
America’s Biotech Juggernaut and its Japanese Critics
Av William R. LaFleur, Edward R. Drott
Häftad, 2024
429 kr
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William LaFleur (1936-2010), an eminent scholar of Japanese studies, left behind a substantial number of influential publications, as well as several unpublished works. The most significant of these examines debates concerning the practice of organ transplantation in Japan and the United States, …
Liquid Life
Abortion and Buddhism in Japan
E-bok, 2020
642 kr
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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism''s reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? Equally puzzling to many Westerners is the Japanese practice of mizuko rites, in which the parents of aborted fetuses pray for the well-being of these rejected "lives." In this …
Flowing Traces
Buddhism in the Literary and Visual Arts of Japan
Av Masatoshi Nagatomi, William R. LaFleur m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
661 kr
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According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider …
Dark Medicine
Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research
Av William R. LaFleur, Gernot Böhme m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
324 kr
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The trial of the "German doctors" exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731 carried out hideous experiments on captured Chinese and downed American pilots. In the United States, stories linger of biological …
