Beyond Zen : : D. T. Suzuki and the Modern Transformation of Buddhism / / ed. by Fumihiko Sueki, Shōji Yamada, John Breen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Blum, Mark L.,; Breen, John,; Dobbins, James C.,; Freeman, Alice,; Fumihiko, Sueki,; Jaffe, Richard M.,; Rosenbaum, Roman,; Shields, James Mark,; Shōji, Yamada,; Snodgrass, Judith,; Starrs, Roy,; Van Overmeire, Ben,; Victoria, Brian A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Breen, John,; Sueki, Fumihiko,; Yamada, Shōji,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Beyond Zen: D. T. Suzuki and the Modern Transformation of Buddhism is an accessible collection of multidisciplinary essays, which offer a genuinely new appraisal of the great Zen scholar-practitioner, D. T. Suzuki (1870–1966). Suzuki’s writings and lectures continue to exert a profound influence on how Zen, Buddhism more broadly, and indeed Japanese culture as a whole, are understood in the U.S., Europe, and across the globe. With the publication of Beyond Zen, we have at last in a single volume a comprehensive assessment of Suzuki that locates him and his legacy in the context of the turbulent age in which he lived. Now is the perfect moment for reflection and stock-taking. The fiftieth anniversary of Suzuki’s death passed just a few years ago, the copyright on his literary output has expired, and his selected works have recently been published by a major American university press.The work comprises twelve essays by some of the best Zen scholars in the world, Anglophone and Japanese, seasoned and young. They take a fresh look at Suzuki, his life and legacy, and their themes range broadly. Readers will find here explorations of Suzuki as he engaged with Zen and Mahāyāna Buddhism; nationalism and international relations; war and peace; religion, literature, and the media; the individual and society; and family, friends, and animals. Beyond Zen is structured chronologically to reveal the development in Suzuki’s thought during his long and eventful life. All in all, this collection offers a compelling, provocative, and multidimensional reappraisal of an extraordinary man and his times.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I D. T. Suzuki at the Turn of the Century (c. 1890–c. 1920) -- CHAPTER ONE From Postpantheism to Transmaterialism: D. T. Suzuki and New Buddhism -- CHAPTER TWO Suzuki Daisetz Attempts a Mahāyāna Protestant Buddhism: Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism as True Religion -- PART II D. T. Suzuki in the Interwar Years (c. 1920–c. 1941) -- CHAPTER THREE The Suzuki Contribution to the Anglophone Press of Interwar Japan -- CHAPTER FOUR Was D. T. Suzuki a Nazi Sympathizer? -- CHAPTER FIVE D. T. Suzuki and the Welfare of Animals -- PART III D. T. Suzuki during and after the War (c. 1941–c. 1946) -- CHAPTER SIX D. T. Suzuki and the Two Cranes: American Philanthropy and Suzuki’s Global Agenda -- CHAPTER SEVEN Transnationalizing Spirituality: D. T. Suzuki’s Zen Textuality -- CHAPTER EIGHT How to Read D. T. Suzuki? The Notion of “Person” -- COLUMN 1 Suzuki Daisetsu, Spirituality, and the Problem of Shinto -- PART IV Postwar D. T. Suzuki (c. 1946–c. 2000) -- CHAPTER NINE Suzuki Daisetz’ “Spiritual Japan” and Buddhist War Responsibility: An Alternative History of the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945–1952 -- CHAPTER TEN D. T. Suzuki’s Theory of Inspiration and the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Transmission -- CHAPTER ELEVEN D. T. Suzuki’s Literary Influence: Utopian Narrative in American and European Memoirs of Zen Life -- COLUMN 2 D. T. Suzuki and American Popular Culture -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index