Description: Overseas Shinto Shrines : Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire, Paperback by Shimizu, Karli; Rambelli, Fabio (EDT), ISBN 1350234990, ISBN-13 9781350234994, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their complex role in the colonization and modernization of newly Japanese lands and subjects. Shinto shrines became one of the most visible symbols of Japanese imperialism in the early 20th century. From 1868 to 1945, shrines were constructed by both the government and Japanese migrants across the Asia-Pacific region, from Sakhalin to Taiwan, and from China to the Americas. Drawing on theories about the constructed nature of the modern categories of 'religion' and the 'secular', this book argues that modern Shinto shrines were largely conceived and treated as secular sites within a newly invented Japanese secularism, and that they played an important role in communicating changed conceptions of space, time and ethics in imperial subjects. Providing an example of the invention of a non-Western secularity, this book contributes to our understanding of the relationship between religion, secularism and the construction of the modern state.
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Book Title: Overseas Shinto Shrines : Religion, Secularity and the Japanese E
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Overseas Shinto Shrines : Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Asia / Japan, General, Shintoism
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Author: Karli Shimizu
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Bloomsbury Shinto Studies
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
