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Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan

Lafleur, William R. 19921119 Princeton University Press,280p.

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■Lafleur, William R. 19921119 Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan,Princeton University Press,280p. ISBN-10:0691074054 ISBN-13:978-0691074054 $47.00 [amazon][kinokuniya] ※ p

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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.

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Part One: Original Concepts
Chapter1 Behind the Great Buddha
Chapter2 A World of Water and Words
Chapter3 Social Death, Social Birth
Chapter4 Jizo at the Crossroads

Part Two: Historical Processes
Chapter5: Edo: An Era in View
Chapter6: Edo: Population
Chapter7: Edo: Polemics
Chapter8: Sex, War, and Peace

Part Three: Contemporary Issues
Chapter9: Apology
Chapter10: Moral Swamps
Chapter11: A Rational, National Family
Chapter12: Crossovers
Conclusion

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