• Meditative Revolutions? A Preliminary Approach to US Buddhist Anarchist Literature 

      Galván-Álvarez, Enrique (ATLANTIS: Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies, 2020)
      This article discusses the various shapes, inner structures and roles given to transformative and liberative practices in the work of US Buddhist anarchist authors (1960-2010). Unlike their Chinese and Japanese predecessors, ...
    • Sovereign Subjectivities: The Politics of Autonomy in English-Speaking Jodo Shinshu 

      Galván-Álvarez, Enrique (JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHIN BUDDHIST STUDIEShe Pure Land: Journal of Pure Land Buddhism, 2016)
      The tumultuous beginning of the 20th century, culminating catastrophically in World War II, had important implications for Japanese individuals on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Before and during the war citizens in Japan ...
    • The Chanting Frog: Speciesism and the Possibility of Communication in Issa’s Haikus 

      Galván-Álvarez, Enrique (Natura Loquens, Natura Agens: In Dialogue and Interaction with the Environment, 2018)
      The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of animals, particularly frogs, in Kobayashi Nobuyuki (1763-1827), “Issa” ’s poetry from a perspective that identifies common and parallel threads in Anarchist, Shin Buddhist ...