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Religious discourse in modern Japan : religion, state, and Shintō

by Isomae Jun'ichi ; translated by Galen Amstutz and Lynne E. Riggs

(Nichibunken monograph series, no. 17)(Dynamics in the history of religions / editors-in-chief, Volkhard Krech, Marion Steinicke ; advisory board, Jan Assmann ... [et al.], v. 6)

Brill, c2014

Other Title

Kindai Nihon no shūkyō gensetsu to sono keifu : shūkyō, kokka, Shintō

The genealogy of religious discourse in modern Japan : religion, state, Shintō

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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, 2010

Bibliography: p. [346]-440

Includes index

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Religious Discourse in Modern Japan explores the introduction of the Western concept of "religion" to Japan in the modern era, and the emergence of discourse on Shinto, philosophy, and Buddhism. Taking Anesaki's founding of religious studies (shukyogaku) at Tokyo Imperial University as a pivot, Isomae examines the evolution of this academic discipline in the changing context of social conditions from the Meiji era through the present. Special attention is given to the development of Shinto studies/history of Shinto, and the problems of State Shinto and the emperor system are described in relation to the nature of the concept of religion. Isomae also explains how the discourse of religious studies developed in connection with secular discourses on literature and history, including Marxism.

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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