The Greatest Problem: Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan

The Greatest Problem: Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan Maxey Trent E. Wydawca: Harvard University, Asia Center Data wydania: 2014 ISBN: 9780674491991 Liczba stron: 340 Format: 236 x 161 x 28 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Trent E. Maxey documents how religion came to be seen as the greatest problem by the architects of the modern Japanese state. Maxey shows that in Meiji Japan, religion designated a cognitive and social pluralism that resisted direct state control. It also provided the state with a means to contain, regulate, and neutralize that plurality.