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Auteur(s) : Mullins, Mark R. (1954-....)
Titre(s) : Yasukuni fundamentalism [Texte imprimé] : Japanese religions and the politics of restoration / Mark R. Mullins
Publication : Honolulu (Hawaii) : University of Hawaiʻi Press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii-258 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Nanzan Library of Asian religion and culture
Lien à la collection : Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 219-248. Index
"Recent decades have seen a rise in religious nationalism and fundamentalism around
the world. This book focuses attention on a Japanese expression of fundamentalism
and neonationalism based on Shinto and symbolically centered on Yasukuni Shrine. The
Shinto tradition is often seen as a very tolerant expression of religion that allows
for diverse forms of belief and practice, but when closely tied to the interests of
the state or political power it can be used to legitimize coercion in public life
and institutions. This became particularly apparent in wartime Japan and has reappeared
in the postwar period in what has been identified as expression of "Yasukuni fundamentalism,"
a movement that seeks to revive and restore the social order and values expressed
in the Emperor-centered form of Shinto that existed before the end of the Second World
War. Yasukuni fundamentalists not only want to recover and revitalize the tradition
disestablished by the Allied Occupation of Japan, but also seek to impose it on the
larger public through the re-nationalization of Yasukuni Shrine, revision of the postwar
Constitution, and reform of the public school system. This book examines the growth
of this neonationalist movement in post-disaster Japan, the social conflict generated
by their political agenda, and the various forms of opposition by religious leaders
and groups, as well as public intellectuals, to the reappearance of coercion the public
sphere"
Sujet(s) : Shintō et État -- Japon
Nationalisme -- Aspect religieux -- Shintō -- Japon
Fondamentalisme religieux -- Shintō -- Japon
Yasukuni jinja (Tōkyō, Nihon)
Indice(s) Dewey :
322.109 52 (23e éd.) = Relations entre l'État et les organisations et groupes religieux - Japon ; 299.561 (23e éd.) = Shinto
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-8248-8901-2 (rel.)
EAN 9780824889012
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47121109n
Notice n° :
FRBNF47121109
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Imperialist Secularization: The Restructuring of Religion and Society in Occupied
Japan ; Shinto Responses to the Occupation: Privatization and Deprivatization ;
Disasters and Social Crisis: The Mobilization of a Restoration Movement ; The Politics
of Yasukuni Shrine: Official Visits and Postwar Enshrinements ; Patriotic Education:
Civic Duties versus Religious Rights ; Promoting Constitutional Revision: The Normalization
of Non-Religious Shinto.
