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Author:   Jun'ichi Isomae
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Edition:   XXVI, 474 Pp., Index ed.
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.895kg
ISBN:  

9789004272613

ISBN 10:   9004272615
Pages:   474
Publication Date:   06 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

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 REFERENCES INDEX

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Isomae Jun'ichi, Ph.D. (2010), The University of Tokyo, is Associate Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. He studies the discourse and practice of religion and history in Japan. He has published many monographs and articles focusing on postcolonial criticism and postsecularism, including Japanese Mythology: Hermeneutics on Scripture (Equinox/International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 2010), and Iki no shiko: Tasha, gaibusei, kokyo (Thoughts of Threshold: Others, Exteriority, and Homes) (Hosei University Press, 2014).

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