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Religion and Social Crisis in Japan: Understanding Japanese Society Through the Aum Affair

Religion and Social Crisis in Japan: Understanding Japanese Society Through the Aum Affair

Mullins, Mark R.

Hardcover

General SociologyJapanese History

ISBN10: 0333772695
ISBN13: 9780333772690
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: May 14 2001
Pages: 227
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.62 Depth: 8.78
Language: English
At the time Aum Shinrikyõ emerged, most Japanese assumed that they lived in one of the most well-ordered and safest societies, a model that had much to offer the chaotic Western world. This assumption was shaken on 20 March 1995 when the deadly nerve gas sarin was released on the Tokyo subway system. Since that incident, the 'Aum affair' has had widespread repercussions and shaken the Japanese psyche in a serious way. This volume provides a window onto contemporary Japanese society by considering the various reactions and responses to this crisis precipitated by this deviant religious movement.

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