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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
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Language: German
Published: May 1998
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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.

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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" L (2.02 lbs) 440 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
 
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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.
 
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