The Emergence of the Study of Buddhism in Japan and Europe before 1900
The ninth volume in the Brill series, “Learning from the West, Learning from the East: The Emergence of the Study of Buddhism in Japan and Europe before 1900,” is edited by Stephan Kigensan Licha and Hans-Martin Krämer.
The essays in this volume shed light on the essential role played by Asian individuals in shaping academic knowledge about Buddhism and the development of Buddhist studies in Europe and Asia during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
These contributions examine various aspects of the interaction between Japanese Buddhists and their European counterparts, spanning from academic institutions like Oxford to sacred temples in Nara. They offer a fresh perspective, aiming to address the imbalances inherent in Eurocentric narratives regarding the academic interest in Buddhism.
Contributors to this volume include Micah Auerback, Mick Deneckere, Stephan Kigensan Licha, Hans Martin Krämer, Ōmi Toshihiro, Jakub Zamorski, Suzanne Marchand, Martin Baumann, Catherine Fhima, and Roland Lardinois.
