Liquid Life Abortion and Buddhism in Japan

Name: Liquid Life Abortion and Buddhism in Japan
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ISBN: 9780691029658

ISBN-10: 0691029652

ISBN-13: 9780691029658

Edition: 1992

Authors: William R. LaFleur

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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 ofmizukorites, 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.

Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/6/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.21" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.836



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



Original Concepts



Behind the Great Buddha



A World of Water and Words



Social Death, Social Birth



Jizo at the Crossroads



Historical Processes



Edo: An Era in View



Edo: Population



Edo: Polemics



Sex, War, and Peace



Contemporary Issues



Apology



Moral Swamps



A Rational, National Family



Crossovers


Conclusion


Appendix: "The Way to Memorialize One's Mizuko"


Notes


Bibliography


Index