Liquid Life

Abortion and Buddhism in Japan

William R. LaFleur (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

275 Seiten

1992
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-07405-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This study examines abortion issues as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan. It explores how the Japanese have resolved their conflicting emotions privately and avoid the pro-life politics that sharply divide other societies on this issue.

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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 provocative investigation, William LaFleur examines abortion as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan. At the same time he contributes to the Western debate on abortion, exploring how the Japanese resolve their conflicting emotions privately and avoid the pro-life/pro-choice politics that sharply divide Americans on the issue.

Autor

William R. LaFleur is Professor of Japanese and the Joseph B. Glossberg Term Professor of Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: New Jersey
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 197 x 254 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-691-07405-4 / 0691074054
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-07405-4 / 9780691074054
• Zustand: Neuware