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Auteur(s) : Hardacre, Helen (1949-....)
Titre(s) : Shinto [Texte imprimé] : a history / Helen Hardacre
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University press, cop. 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-698 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Shinto in the ancient period ; The Kami in myth ; The coalescence of early Shinto
; Shinto during the middle and late Heian period, tenth through twelfth centuries
; The esotericization of medieval Shinto ; Medieval Shinto and the arts ; The late
medieval period ; Early Edo-period Shinto thought and institutions ; Edo-period
shrine life and shrine pilgrimage ; Shinto and revelation ; Shinto and Kokugaku
; Shinto and the Meiji state ; Shinto and imperial Japan ; Shinto from 1945 through
1989 ; Shrine festivals and their changing place in the public sphere ; Heisei Shinto
; Appendix. Shrine funding.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 659-680. Index
Distinguished scholar of Japanese religions and culture Helen Hardacre offers the
first comprehensive history of Shinto, the ancient and vibrant tradition whose colorful
rituals are still practiced today. Under the ideal of Shinto, a divinely descended
emperor governs through rituals offered to deities called Kami. These rituals are
practiced in innumerable shrines across the realm, so that local rites mirror the
monarch's ceremonies. Through this theatre of state, it is thought, the human, natural,
and supernatural worlds will align in harmony and prosper. Often called "the indigenous
religion of Japan," Shinto's institutions, rituals, and symbols are omnipresent throughout
the island nation. But, perhaps surprisingly, both its religiosity and its Japanese
origins have been questioned. Hardacre investigates the claims about Shinto as the
embodiment of indigenous tradition, and about its rightful place in the public realm.
Shinto has often been represented in the West as the engine that drove Japanese military
aggression. To this day, it is considered provocative for members of the government
to visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors the Japanese war dead, and this
features as a source of strain in Japan's relations with China and Korea. The Yasukuni
Shrine is a debated issue in Japanese national politics and foreign relations and
reliably attracts intensive media coverage. Hardacre contends, controversially, that
it was the Allied Occupation that created this stereotype of Shinto as the religion
of war, when in fact virtually all branches of Japanese religions were cheerleaders
for the war and imperialism. The history and nature of Shinto are subjects of vital
importance for understanding contemporary Japan, its politics, its international relations,
and its society. Hardacre's magisterial work will stand as the definitive reference
for years to come. -- Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Shintō -- Histoire
Religions -- Japon
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190621711 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0190621710 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780190621728 (erroné). - ISBN 9780190621735 (erroné)
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