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

Religion and Society in Asia Pacific

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Published: 2nd Mar 2017
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 16mm
Weight: 477g
ISBN-10: 9811024367
ISBN-13: 9789811024368
Barcode No: 9789811024368
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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. Jurgen 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.

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"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 Dessi, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 45 (2), June, 2019)