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Religion, Culture, and the Public Sphere in China and Japan

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Editors:
  1. Albert Welter

    1. Department of East Asian Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  2. Jeffrey Newmark

    1. East Asian Languages and Cultures Program, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada

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  • Examines how religious, intellectual, and cultural agency in the public sphere shapes East Asian cultures
  • Puts into an Asian, global and contemporary context Habermas' seminal 1962 work 'The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere'
  • Considers significant topics such as gender and minorities in relation to the building of the contemporary public sphere in China and Japan

Part of the book series: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific (RSAP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: The East Asian Public Sphere

    • Jeffrey Newmark
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Sphere of Privilege: Confucian Culture and the Administration of Buddhism (and Religion) in China

    • Albert Welter
    Pages 13-42

  4. Conservative and Progressive Models for Buddhism Under the Republic of China

    • Eric Goodell
    Pages 43-68

  5. Islamic Charity in China: Its Organizations and Activities in a New Era

    • Wang Jianping
    Pages 69-86

  6. “Knowing the [Confucian] Way” and the Political Sphere

    • Bettina Gramlich-Oka
    Pages 87-114

  7. A Self-Made Outlier in the Tokugawa Public Sphere: Ōshio Heihachirō and His 1837 Osaka Riot

    • Jeffrey Newmark
    Pages 115-143

  8. Longing for the Ideal World: An Unofficial Religious Association in the Late Tokugawa Public Sphere

    • Fumiko Miyazaki
    Pages 145-172

  9. Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere: Kagawa Toyohiko and Christian “Counterpublics” in Modern Japanese Society

    • Mark R. Mullins
    Pages 173-203

  10. Truths Unacknowledged: The Public Sphere and Japan’s Colonial Project in Korea

    • Franklin Rausch
    Pages 205-231

  11. The East Asian Public Sphere: Concluding Remarks and Theoretical Considerations

    • Albert Welter
    Pages 233-250

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 251-259
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About this book

This collection examines the impact of East Asian religion and culture on the public sphere, defined as an idealized discursive arena that mediates the official and private spheres. Contending that the actors and agents on the fringes of society were instrumental in shaping the public sphere in traditional and modern East Asia, it considers how these outliers contribute to religious, intellectual, and cultural dialog in the public sphere. Jürgen Habermas conceptualized the public sphere as the discursive arena which grew within Western European bourgeoisie society, arguably overlooking topics such as gender, minorities, and non-European civilizations, as well as the extent to which agency in the public sphere is effective in non-Western societies and how practitioners on the outskirts of mainstream society can participate. This volume responds to and builds upon this dialogue by addressing how religious, intellectual, and cultural agency in the public sphere shapes East Asian cultures, particularly the activities of those found on the peripheries of historic and modern societies.

Reviews

“The editors should be commended for collecting these valuable essays and providing an effectively unifying thread, which makes this volume both timely and a ‘must-read’ for scholars interested in this topic.” (Ugo Dessì, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 45 (2), June, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of East Asian Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Albert Welter

  • East Asian Languages and Cultures Program, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada

    Jeffrey Newmark

About the editors


Albert Welter is professor of Chinese religion and culture in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona.  He specializes in medieval Chinese Buddhism, and is exploring the impact of administrative policies on secularism and religion in China as well as Buddhist interactions with elite, literati culture.

Jeffrey Newmark is assistant professor of Japanese language and culture in the Program of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Winnipeg.  His expertise lies in early modern Japanese intellectual history, particularly nineteenth century thought.  He is currently investigating the public sphere in the late Tokugawa Osaka region.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Religion, Culture, and the Public Sphere in China and Japan

  • Editors: Albert Welter, Jeffrey Newmark

  • Series Title: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2437-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2436-8Published: 02 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9617-4Published: 15 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2437-5Published: 23 February 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2730-793X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7948

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 259

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Asian Culture, Religion and Society, Social History

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