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Record Nr.

UNINA9910531184303321

Autore

Isomae Jun'ichi <1961->

Titolo

Religious discourse in modern Japan : religion, state, and Shintō / / by Isomae Jun'ichi ; translated by Galen Amstutz and Lynne E. Riggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2014

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27268-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Collana

Dynamics in the History of Religions, , 1878-8106 ; ; Volume 6

Nichibunken Monograph Series ; ; Number 17

Disciplina

201.720952

Soggetti

Religion and state - Japan

Shinto and state - Japan

Shinto - Japan

Japan Religion Study and teaching

Japan Religion 1868-1912

Japan Religion 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Isomae Jun’ichi -- Introduction: The Development of the Concept of Religion and the Discipline of Religious Studies / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 1 The Concept of “Religion”: From the Modern Opening of Japan to the Emergence of Religious Studies / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 2 Inoue Tetsujirō and the Debates on Religion and Philosophy / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 3 Buddhism: From Premodern Traditions to Modern Religion / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 4 Discourse on Religion and Social Reality / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 5 State and Religion in Anesaki Masaharu / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 6 The Process of Development of Religious Studies: From History of Theory to History of Reflective Discourse / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 7 Modern Shintō Studies and Tanaka Yoshitō / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 8 The Emperor System and “State Shintō”: Dislocation of “Religion” and the “Secular” / Isomae Jun’ichi -- 9 The Interior as the Battleground of Discourse / Isomae Jun’ichi -- Epilogue: Beyond the Debate on the Concept of “Religion” / Isomae Jun’ichi --



Reference List / Isomae Jun’ichi -- Index / Isomae Jun’ichi.

Sommario/riassunto

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.