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Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine is the first book in English on the history of evolutionary theory in Japan. Bringing to life more than a century of ideas, G. Clinton Godart examines how and why Japanese intellectuals, religious thinkers of different faiths, philosophers, biologists, journalists, activists, and ideologues engaged with evolutionary theory and religion. How did Japanese religiously think about evolution? What were their main concerns? Did they reject evolution on religious grounds, or—as was more often the case—how did they combine evolutionary theory with their religious beliefs?Evolutionary theory was controversial and never passively accepted in Japan: It took a hundred years of appropriating, translating, thinking, and debating to reconsider the natural world and the relation between nature, science, and the sacred in light of evolutionary theory. Since its introduction in the nineteenth century, Japanese intellectuals—including Buddhist, Shinto, Confucian, and Christian thinkers—in their own ways and often with opposing agendas, struggled to formulate a meaningful worldview after Darwin. In the decades that followed, as the Japanese redefined their relation to nature and built a modern nation-state, the debates on evolutionary theory intensified and state ideologues grew increasingly hostile toward its principles. Throughout the religious reception of evolution was dominated by a long-held fear of the idea of nature and society as cold and materialist, governed by the mindless “struggle for survival.” This aversion endeavored many religious thinkers, philosophers, and biologists to find goodness and the divine within nature and evolution. It was this drive, argues Godart, that shaped much of Japan’s modern intellectual history and changed Japanese understandings of nature, society, and the sacred.Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine will contribute significantly to two of the most debated topics in the history of evolutionary theory: religion and the political legacy of evolution. It will, therefore, appeal to the broad audience interested in Darwin studies as well as students and scholars of Japanese intellectual history, religion, and philosophy.

Evolution (Biology) --- Social Darwinism --- Religious aspects. --- History. --- J1700.70 --- J4000.70 --- J4010 --- J1008.70 --- Japan: Religion in general -- history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Japan: Philosophy -- history -- Kindai (1850s-1945), Bakumatsu, Meiji and Taishō --- Darwinisme social --- Evolution (Biology). --- Social Darwinism. --- History --- Japan.

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Journalism --- Public opinion --- J0960.80 --- J4000.80 --- J4010 --- J4124 --- J4125 --- J4126 --- Writing (Authorship) --- Literature --- Publicity --- Fake news --- Political aspects --- History --- Social aspects --- Japan: Journalism -- history -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- public opinion --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- propaganda --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- media and (mass) communications

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In this first book-length study of chindon-ya, Marie Abe investigates the intersection of sound, public space, and sociality in contemporary Japan. Chindon-ya, dating back to the 1840s, are ostentatiously costumed street musicians who publicize a business by parading through neighborhood streets. Historically not considered music, but part of the everyday soundscape, this vernacular performing art provides a window into shifting notions of musical labor, the politics of everyday listening and sounding, and street music at social protest in Japan. Against the background of long-term economic downturn, growing social precarity, and the visually and sonically saturated urban streets of Japan, this book examines how this seemingly outdated means of advertisement has recently gained traction as an aesthetic, economic, and political practice after decades of inactivity. Resonances of Chindon-ya challenges Western conceptions of listening that have normalized the way we think about the relationship between sound, space, and listening subjects, and advances a growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the ways social fragmentation is experienced and negotiated in post-industrial societies.

Street musicians --- Music in advertising --- Street music --- Music --- Chindon-ya. --- Marching bands --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- Street music and musicians --- Advertising --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects --- Chindon-ya --- J4365 --- J4010 --- J6700 --- History and criticism --- Japan: Economy and industry -- business methods and management -- marketing and advertising --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Japan: Performing arts and entertainment -- music

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J3372 --- J4128 --- J4000.70 --- J4600.70 --- J4010 --- Japan --- Civil rights --- -Peasant uprisings --- -Peasants' uprisings --- Uprisings, Peasant --- Insurgency --- Revolutions --- Basic rights --- Civil liberties --- Constitutional rights --- Fundamental rights --- Rights, Civil --- Constitutional law --- Human rights --- Political persecution --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) -- Meiji restoration --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- human and civil rights, freedom of speech --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Politics and government --- -History --- Law and legislation --- Peasant uprisings --- History. --- -Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) -- Meiji restoration --- -Basic rights --- Peasants' uprisings --- History

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Diplomatic relations. --- Economic history. --- Gesellschaft. --- Politics and Government. --- Politics and government. --- Politik. --- Social conditions. --- Wirtschaft. --- Since 1989. --- Japan --- Japan. --- Economic conditions --- Foreign relations. --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- J4000.90 --- J4010 --- J4540 --- J4600.90 --- J4810.90 --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Social sciences in general -- ideology, socio-political and socio-economic movements --- Japan: Economy and industry -- commerce and trade -- international trade, economic relations and policy --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary