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

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: The East Asian Public Sphere....Pages 1-12
The Sphere of Privilege: Confucian Culture and the Administration of Buddhism (and Religion) in China....Pages 13-42
Conservative and Progressive Models for Buddhism Under the Republic of China....Pages 43-68
Islamic Charity in China: Its Organizations and Activities in a New Era....Pages 69-86
“Knowing the [Confucian] Way” and the Political Sphere....Pages 87-114
A Self-Made Outlier in the Tokugawa Public Sphere: Ōshio Heihachirō and His 1837 Osaka Riot....Pages 115-143
Longing for the Ideal World: An Unofficial Religious Association in the Late Tokugawa Public Sphere....Pages 145-172
Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere: Kagawa Toyohiko and Christian “Counterpublics” in Modern Japanese Society....Pages 173-203
Truths Unacknowledged: The Public Sphere and Japan’s Colonial Project in Korea....Pages 205-231
The East Asian Public Sphere: Concluding Remarks and Theoretical Considerations....Pages 233-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-259