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The Category of 'Religion' in Contemporary Japan - Shukyo and Temple Buddhism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Mitsutoshi... The Category of 'Religion' in Contemporary Japan - Shukyo and Temple Buddhism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Mitsutoshi Horii
R3,302 Discovery Miles 33 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book critically examines the term 'religion' (shukyo) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shukyo has been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not been extended to the contemporary context of the Japanese-language discourse on shukyo and Temple Buddhism. This work aims to unveil the norms and imperatives which govern the utilization of the term shukyo in the specific context of modern day Japan, with a particular focus upon Temple Buddhism. The author draws on a number of popular publications in Japanese, many of which have been written by Buddhist priests. In addition, the book offers rich interview material from conversations with Buddhist priests. Readers will gain insights into the critical deconstruction, the historicization, and the study of social classification system of 'religion', in terms of its cross-cultural application to the contemporary Japanese context. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including Japanese Studies, Buddhology, Religious Studies, Social Anthropology, and Sociology.

'Religion' and 'Secular' Categories in Sociology - Decolonizing the Modern Myth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021):... 'Religion' and 'Secular' Categories in Sociology - Decolonizing the Modern Myth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Mitsutoshi Horii
R2,858 R2,636 Discovery Miles 26 360 Save R222 (8%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Informed by 'critical religion' perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of 'religion' and 'the secular' in social theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the 'secular' side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert - namely Western modernity/coloniality.

The Category of 'Religion' in Contemporary Japan - Shukyo and Temple Buddhism (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... The Category of 'Religion' in Contemporary Japan - Shukyo and Temple Buddhism (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Mitsutoshi Horii
R2,549 Discovery Miles 25 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book critically examines the term 'religion' (shukyo) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shukyo has been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not been extended to the contemporary context of the Japanese-language discourse on shukyo and Temple Buddhism. This work aims to unveil the norms and imperatives which govern the utilization of the term shukyo in the specific context of modern day Japan, with a particular focus upon Temple Buddhism. The author draws on a number of popular publications in Japanese, many of which have been written by Buddhist priests. In addition, the book offers rich interview material from conversations with Buddhist priests. Readers will gain insights into the critical deconstruction, the historicization, and the study of social classification system of 'religion', in terms of its cross-cultural application to the contemporary Japanese context. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including Japanese Studies, Buddhology, Religious Studies, Social Anthropology, and Sociology.

'Religion' and 'Secular' Categories in Sociology - Decolonizing the Modern Myth (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021):... 'Religion' and 'Secular' Categories in Sociology - Decolonizing the Modern Myth (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Mitsutoshi Horii
R3,013 Discovery Miles 30 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Informed by 'critical religion' perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of 'religion' and 'the secular' in social theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the 'secular' side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert - namely Western modernity/coloniality.

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