The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion

Edited by Bernhard Scheid, Mark Teeuwen

The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38713-2 (Routledge)

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Regional Co-operation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia

The Impact of Domestic Forces

Edited by Edward Friedman, Sung Chull Kim

Examining the prospects for building a regional community in Northeast Asia, this book considers the foreign policies of the individual states as well as the impact...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39922-7 (Routledge)

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Advaita Vedanta and Vaisnavism

The Philosophy of Madhusudana Sarasvati

By Sanjukta Gupta

In Indian philosophy and theology, the ideology of Vedanta occupies an important position. Hindu religious sects accept the Vedantic soteriology, which believes that there is...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39535-9 (Routledge)

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India's Nuclear Bomb and National Security

By Karsten Frey

India’s Nuclear Bomb and National Security gives an analytic account of the dynamics of India's nuclear build up. It puts forward a new comprehensive model,...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40132-6 (Routledge)

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Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong

Community, nation and the global city

Edited by Agnes S. Ku, Ngai Pun

Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39672-1 (Routledge)

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Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism

The Doctrinal History of Nirvana

By Soonil Hwang

Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35550-6 (Routledge)

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Political Cultures in Asia and Europe

Citizens, States and Societal Values

By Jean Blondel, Takashi Inoguchi

This book is a study of the attitudes to political and social life among the citizens of eighteen countries in Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia. Drawing...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40415-0 (Routledge)

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Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal

The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism

By Will Tuladhar-Douglas

Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35919-1 (Routledge)

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The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China

"My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo

By Nicola Di Cosmo

Providing original insights into Chinese military history, Nicola Di Cosmo gives an annotated translation of the only known military diary in pre-modern Chinese history, providing fresh and...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1611-1 (Routledge)

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Regionalism in Southeast Asia

To foster the political will

By Nicholas Tarling

Regionalism in Southeast Asia provides the reader with an historical analysis of Southeast Asia from the distinct perspective of regionalism. Southeast Asian history is usually written from...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37962-5 (Routledge)

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