Empire and the Meaning of Religion in Northeast Asia

Manchuria 1900-1945

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Manchuria entered the twentieth century as a neglected backwater of the dying Qing dynasty, and within a few short years became the focus of intense international rivalry to control its resources and shape its people. This book examines the place of religion in the development of Manchuria from the late nineteenth century to the collapse of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Religion was at the forefront in this period of intense competition, not just between armies but also among different models of legal, commercial, social and spiritual development, each of which imagining a very specific role for religion in the new society. Debates over religion in Manchuria extended far beyond the region, and shaped the personality of religion that we see today. This book is an ambitious contribution to the field of Asian history and to the understanding of the global meaning and practice of the role of religion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-12-24
Mått:160 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107166400

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Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Thomas David DuBois is a leading scholar of religion in East Asian history, and is the author of Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia (Cambridge, 2011) and Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China (2005). His work has been published in Arabic, Chinese and Russian translation.

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'Few scholars in the world can match DuBois' knowledge of the modern religious and political histories of China and Japan. In this book he applies that knowledge to Manchuria, a state whose history has already revolutionized global historical thinking about relations between tradition and modernity, the national and the cosmopolitan. An impressive new contribution to scholarship on the politics of religion.' Kiri Paramore, Leiden University, author of Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Foundations of religion in society in Manchuria; 2. From the blood of the martyrs; 3. The mind of empire; 4. Piety in print; 5. The laws of men; 6. A charitable view; 7. Manchukuo's filial sons; 8. May God bless Manchukuo; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.