Politics and Religion in Modern Japan: Red Sun, White Lotus

By Roy Starrs

Book Overview

Introduction; R.Starrs Sada Kaiseki: An Alternative Discourse on Buddhism, Modernity, and Nationalism in the Early Meiji Period; F.Rambelli Shinto and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1872; Y.Zhong The Mikado's August Body: 'Divinity' and 'Corporeality' of the Meiji Emperor and the Ideological Construction of Imperial Rule; K.H.Kim Carry the Buddha out into the Street!: A Sliver of Resistance to Japanese Militarism; B.Victoria Conversion in Interwar Japan; A.Tansman A Naked Public Square? Religion and Politics in Imperial Japan; K.Doak 'The Gakkai is Faith; the K?meit? is Action: ' S?ka Gakkai and 'Buddhist politics'; E.Baffelli From Mishima to Aum: Religio-political Violence in Late Twentieth-Century Japan; R.Starrs Voices of Rage: A Critical Approach to the Problem of Yasukuni; J.Bree

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349316598
• ISBN13: 9781349316595
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"