| Shintô Und Die Konzeption Des Japanischen Nationalwesens Kokutai: Der Religiöse Traditionalismus in Neuzeit Und Moderne Japans Contributor(s): Antoni, Klaus (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004103163 ISBN-13: 9789004103160 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $265.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: May 1998 Annotation: The subject of this volume is the historical development of shintt and national thought in premodern and modern Japan. After examining the first instances of shintt-confucian syncretism in the early Edo period, the author investigates the function of shintt as a religious system to legitimize political power and explores how during the late Edo period this culminates in the concept of a specific Japanese "national polity("kokutai). Though the main caesurae in the process of modern Japanese history (e.g. Meiji restoration and the end of the Pacific War in 1945) play a dominant role in this context, the author points out that the main historical, religious and ideological "continuities are of much greater importance; The ideas and concepts elaborated by shintt thinkers during the Edo period became reality in modern Japan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Shintoism - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 299.561 |
| LCCN: 98015233 |
| Series: Handbuch Der Orientalistik. Funfe Abteilung, Japan |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.38" W x 9.6" (2.02 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The subject of this volume is the historical development of shint and national thought in premodern and modern Japan. After examining the first instances of shint -confucian syncretism in the early Edo period, the author investigates the function of shint as a religious system to legitimize political power and explores how during the late Edo period this culminates in the concept of a specific Japanese national polity(kokutai). Though the main caesurae in the process of modern Japanese history (e.g. Meiji restoration and the end of the Pacific War in 1945) play a dominant role in this context, the author points out that the main historical, religious and ideological continuities are of much greater importance; The ideas and concepts elaborated by shint thinkers during the Edo period became reality in modern Japan. |