Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 766 g
Religion, State, and Shinto
Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 766 g
ISBN: 978-90-04-27267-5
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
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- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Shintoismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
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Acknowledgements
Preface: Religion, Shinto, and the Emperor System The Modern West and the Concept of Religion Shinto and the Emperor System
Introduction: The Development of the Concept of Religion and the Discipline of Religious Studies “Religion” in the West “Religion” in the Non-West Modern Japan in the Debate
PART 1
THE FORMATION OF THE CONCEPT OF “RELIGION” AND MODERN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE
Chapter 1: The Concept of “Religion”: From the Modern Opening of Japan to the Emergence of Religious Studies
- Translating “Religion” as Shukyo
- From Toleration of Christianity to the Suspension of the Kyobusho
- Policy The “National Morality” Phase
- The Emergence of Academic Discourse on Religion
- Summary
Chapter 2: Inoue Tetsujiro and the Debates on Religion and Philosophy
The “Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy” Lectures
Developments in the History of Eastern Philosophy in Japan
Chapter 3: Buddhism: From Premodern Traditions to Modern Religion
- The “Doubling” of Buddhism
- State Authority and Universalism
PART 2: THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Chapter 4: Discourse on Religion and Social Reality
- The Tasks of Religious Studies Today
- Anesaki Masaharu’s Religious Studies
The Essence of Religion
Critique of Power and Authority
The National Community Theory
- Making Discourse Relevant to Society
Chapter 5: State and Religion in Anesaki Masaharu
- Religion and the State
Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and the Imperial House
From Comparative Religion to Religious Studies
- Experience of the West and Representation of Japan
The “Yellow Peril” and Opposition to the West
Mysticism and Discourse on the Kokutai
East-West Harmony and the Representation of Japan
- The Collapse of Harmony Between East and West
Chapter 6: The Process of Development of Religious Studies: From History of Theory to History of Reflective Discourse
- The Study of the History of Religious Studies in Japan
- From History of Academic Theory on Religion to History of Scholarly Discourse
- The Aum Shinrikyo Incident and Theories of Religious Experience
PART 3: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SHINTO STUDIES AND THE STATE SHINTO SYSTEM
Chapter 7: Modern Shinto Studies and Tanaka Yoshito
- The National Morality Doctrine
Student of Inoue Tetsujiro
Toward a Japanese Theory of Education
- Tanaka’s Shinto Studies Project
The Imperial Way and Shinto
Shinto and Scholarship
- From the National Morality Doctrine to Shinto Studies
Shinto Shrines as Not “Religious”
Making Shinto the State Religion
Founding Shinto Studies
- Impasse in Shinto Studies
Chapter 8: The Emperor System and State Shinto: Dislocation of “Religion” and the “Secular”
- Theories of Religion in Postcolonial Criticism
- Theories of State Shinto and the Separation of State and Religion
- The Fluctuating Concept of Religion
- The Emperor System as Beyond the Law
Chapter 9: The Interior as the Battleground of Discourse
- Incomprehensible Interiority
Interiority and Religion
Equilibrium Lost
- Marxist Historiography and Religion
Russia and the Rise of Marxism
Russian Marxism and Literature/Religion
Russian Marxism and History
- Toward the History of Japanese Religion
The Merging of Marxist Historiography and Religion
From Wartime to the Postwar Period
Epilogue: Beyond the Debate on the Concept of “Religion”
- A Vision for a New Study of Religion
- Dialogue Under Postcolonial Conditions
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