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| Tinker, Tailor, Scholar, Spy: Holmes Welch, Buddhism, and the Cold War | ||
| 作者 | Ritzinger, Justin (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Global Buddhism |
| 卷期 | v.22 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2021 |
| 頁次 | 421 - 441 |
| 出版者 | Journal of Global Buddhism |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/ |
| 出版地 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Modern Buddhism; Welch; Holmes; Cold War; World Fellowship of Buddhists; China; Asia Foundation; Area studies |
| 摘要 | Drawing on archival research and oral history, this article examines the career of Holmes Welch (1921–1981). Welch is a towering figure in the study of Buddhism whose trilogy on modern Chinese Buddhism stood as the definitive work on the topic for decades and remains a touchstone today. In many ways, Welch appears ahead of its time. Yet an investigation of Welch’s papers makes clear that his work can only be fully understood in the context of the Cold War, for it was not only shaped by but also served the American struggle against Communism. Welch’s formation as a scholar took place less at Harvard, where he earned a master’s, than Hong Kong, where he served as a political officer in the Foreign Service. Afterward, he continued to write and consult in the service of Cold War objectives into the early 1970s. This intertwining of the academic and the political in his work and career suggests the existence of a “hidden transcript” of Buddhist Studies and the Cold War that merits further investigation. |
| 目次 | "Each Fructifying the Other": Foreign Service and Welch's Scholarly Formation 1958–1960 423 Consulting against Communism: The WFB and the Asia Foundation 428 Writing Against the Reds: Propaganda in the Asian Press 433 Conclusion: The Parting of the Way 436 |
| ISSN | 15276457 (E) |
| DOI | 10.5281/zenodo.5764599 |
| 點閱次數 | 315 |
| 建檔日期 | 2022.03.04 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.08 |
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