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The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross : Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate / T.K. Nakagaki.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, CA : Stone Bridge Press, ©2018.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 1611729335
  • 9781611729337
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddhist Swastika and Hitler's Cross : Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate.DDC classification:
  • 943.086092 23
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  • DD247.H5 .N353 2018eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Western vs. Eastern Perceptions of the Swastika; A Few Notes on Terms and Images; My First Encounter in the US with the Western Perception of the Swastika; Why Discuss the Swastika Now?; The Human Capacity for Atrocity; Encountering Holocaust Survivors; Importance of Dialogue; Our Own Monsters Within; One: The Swastika Symbol in My Tradition; The Swastika in Japan; Meaning of the Swastika in the Japanese Language; Meaning of the Swastika in the Buddha's Discourse; The Standard Buddhist Swastika Is Left-Turning.
Two: A Universal Symbol; Swastika Use in Various Religions; The Swastika Symbol in North America; Three: Hitler's Flag; Design of the Hook-Cross; Hitler and the Eastern Swastika: Swastika Usage in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe; Four: Hitler's First Meaning of "Hakenkreuz": Aryan; Meaning of "Aryan"; Ārya in Buddhism; The Western Concept of What an Aryan Is; The Meaning of "Aryan" for Hitler; Five: Hitler's Second Meaning of "Hakenkreuz": Anti-Semitism; Meaning of Anti-Semitism; Anti-Semitism and Hitler's Early Life; Martin Luther (1483-1546); Richard Wagner (1813-1883).
Luther, Wagner, and Hitler; Political Symbol vs. Religious and Spiritual Symbol; Six: Hitler's Symbol Is a Hakenkreuz, Not a Swastika; Difference between "Swastika" and "Hakenkreuz"; Hitler Called It "Hakenkreuz"; Definition of "Hakenkreuz"; "Swastika" and "Hakenkreuz" in Dictionaries; Translation Problems of "Hakenkreuz"; Conclusion: Present and Future Meaning of the Swastika Symbol; Current Swastika Issues; Where Are We Going?; Epilogue: Action Plan for the Public; Suggested Statement about the Swastika for Western Museums; Suggested Statement about the Swastika for Eastern Tradition Temples; Bibliography; Endnotes; Figure Credits; About the Author.
Summary: A remarkable cross-cultural history that rescues the swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol, from its deployment by the forces of hate.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2019).

"This is a redesigned edition of a work privately published in 2017 under the same title."

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Western vs. Eastern Perceptions of the Swastika; A Few Notes on Terms and Images; My First Encounter in the US with the Western Perception of the Swastika; Why Discuss the Swastika Now?; The Human Capacity for Atrocity; Encountering Holocaust Survivors; Importance of Dialogue; Our Own Monsters Within; One: The Swastika Symbol in My Tradition; The Swastika in Japan; Meaning of the Swastika in the Japanese Language; Meaning of the Swastika in the Buddha's Discourse; The Standard Buddhist Swastika Is Left-Turning.

Two: A Universal Symbol; Swastika Use in Various Religions; The Swastika Symbol in North America; Three: Hitler's Flag; Design of the Hook-Cross; Hitler and the Eastern Swastika: Swastika Usage in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe; Four: Hitler's First Meaning of "Hakenkreuz": Aryan; Meaning of "Aryan"; Ārya in Buddhism; The Western Concept of What an Aryan Is; The Meaning of "Aryan" for Hitler; Five: Hitler's Second Meaning of "Hakenkreuz": Anti-Semitism; Meaning of Anti-Semitism; Anti-Semitism and Hitler's Early Life; Martin Luther (1483-1546); Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Luther, Wagner, and Hitler; Political Symbol vs. Religious and Spiritual Symbol; Six: Hitler's Symbol Is a Hakenkreuz, Not a Swastika; Difference between "Swastika" and "Hakenkreuz"; Hitler Called It "Hakenkreuz"; Definition of "Hakenkreuz"; "Swastika" and "Hakenkreuz" in Dictionaries; Translation Problems of "Hakenkreuz"; Conclusion: Present and Future Meaning of the Swastika Symbol; Current Swastika Issues; Where Are We Going?; Epilogue: Action Plan for the Public; Suggested Statement about the Swastika for Western Museums; Suggested Statement about the Swastika for Eastern Tradition Temples; Bibliography; Endnotes; Figure Credits; About the Author.

A remarkable cross-cultural history that rescues the swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol, from its deployment by the forces of hate.