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神国の行方 – Where to next for Shinkoku thought? / Translated by Rebekah Clements

神国の行方 – Where to next for Shinkoku thought? / Translated by Rebekah Clements AbstractThis is an English translation of “Shinkoku no yukue” (神国の行方‘Where to next for Shinkoku thought?’), the final chapter of Shinkoku Nihon(神国日本‘Japan, Land of the Gods’) by Satō Hirō. In this chapter, Satō tracesthe history of the controversial notion of Japan as “shinkoku” – a divine ‘landof the gods’ – that is often associated with ultranationalism in Japan. Takingissue with what he sees as the common misunderstanding of shinkoku thoughtin contemporary Japan, Satō argues for the way it ought to be conceptualizedand studied in future. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Japan de Gruyter

神国の行方 – Where to next for Shinkoku thought? / Translated by Rebekah Clements

Hirō, Satō
Contemporary Japan , Volume 25 (1): 18 – Mar 1, 2013
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AbstractThis is an English translation of “Shinkoku no yukue” (神国の行方‘Where to next for Shinkoku thought?’), the final chapter of Shinkoku Nihon(神国日本‘Japan, Land of the Gods’) by Satō Hirō. In this chapter, Satō tracesthe history of the controversial notion of Japan as “shinkoku” – a divine ‘landof the gods’ – that is often associated with ultranationalism in Japan. Takingissue with what he sees as the common misunderstanding of shinkoku thoughtin contemporary Japan, Satō argues for the way it ought to be conceptualizedand studied in future.

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Contemporary Japan – de Gruyter

Published: Mar 1, 2013

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