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Twice Bitten, Once Shy: Religious Organizations and Politics after the Aum Attack |
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Klein, Axel
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.39 n.1 |
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| Date | 2012 |
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| Pages | 77 - 98 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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| Publisher Url |
http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Axel Klein is a professor of Modern East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen(Germany). |
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| Keyword | interest groups; religion and politics; Religious Corporations Law; Aum Shinrikyō |
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| Abstract | While a considerable number of religious organizations had tried to build and
maintain political networks up to 1995 to protect themselves from unfavorable
interference by the state, the aftermath of Aum surely was a test case for
the effectiveness of this strategy and for the influence of religious groups in
Japan’s political system. This article assesses both facets based on an analysis
of the changes the relationship between political parties and religious groups
underwent in the wake of the Aum attacks. The approach taken treats religious
groups as organized interest groups vulnerable to the forces of the political
arena. Aum’s terror attacks are placed in a comparative framework by looking
at them as one example of incidents in which a group of originally noncriminal
actors causes massive damage to human life or the environment. In these cases
related interest groups often suffer collateral damage and collective
punishment, just as most religious groups did after Aum. Instead of retreating
from the political arena, however, these groups decided to stay in order to
maintain political influence as insurance against future threats. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 670 |
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| Created date | 2013.04.16 |
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| Modified date | 2017.09.13 |
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