Apocalypse Deferred

Girard and Japan

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2017
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-10016-2 (ISBN)

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The thought of René Girard on violence, sacrifice, and mimetic theory has exerted a strong influence on Japanese scholars. In this collection of essays, originating from a Tokyo conference on violence and religion, scholars call on Girardian ideas to address apocalyptic events that have marked Japan's recent history as well as other aspects of, primarily, Japanese literature and culture.

The thought of René Girard on violence, sacrifice, and mimetic theory has exerted a strong influence on Japanese scholars as well as around the world. In this collection of essays, originating from a Tokyo conference on violence and religion, scholars call on Girardian ideas to address apocalyptic events that have marked Japan's recent history as well as other aspects of, primarily, Japanese literature and culture. Girard's theological notion of apocalypse resonates strongly with those grappling with the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as events such as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In its focus on Girard and devastating violence, the contributors raise issues of promise and peril for us all.

The essays in Part I of the volume are primarily rooted in the events of World War II. The contributors employ mimetic theory to respond to the use of nuclear weapons and the threat of absolute destruction. Essays in Part II cover a wide range of topics in Japanese cultural history from the viewpoint of mimetic theory, ranging from classic and modern Japanese literature to anime. Essays in Part III address theological questions and mimetic theory, especially from a Judeo-Christian perspective.

Contributors: Jeremiah L. Alberg, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Yoko Irie Fayolle, Eric Gans, Sandor Goodhart, Shoichiro Iwakari, Mizuho Kawasaki, Kunio Nakahata, Andreas Oberprantacher, Mery Rodriguez, Thomas Ryba, Richard Schenk, OP, Roberto Solarte, Matthew Taylor, and Anthony D. Traylor.

Jeremiah L. Alberg is professor of philosophy and religion at International Christian University, Tokyo. He is the author of a number of books, including Beneath the Veil of the Strange Verses: Reading Scandalous Texts.

Acknowledgments

A Light Shall Appear in the East: An Introduction to This Volume by Jeremiah L. Albert

Part 1. Catastrophe, Apocalypse, and Japan

1. The Nuclear Menace—A New Sacrament for Humanity: Catastrophes and Near Misses by Jean-Pierre Dupuy

2. World War II and the Victimary Era by Eric Gans.

3. Undifferentiation Reconsidered by Anthony D. Taylor

4. A Reading of the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki-Urakami with Nagai and Girard by Yoko Irie Fayolle

Part 2. Mimetic Theory and Japanese Culture

5. Girardian Structure and Dionysian Components by Shoichiro Iwakiri

6. The Sacrifice of the Mediator: The Murder on Gifu's Sugou Plateau and Folk Performing Art by Mizuho Kawasaki

7. Decadence and Conversion: On the Thought of Ango Sakaguchi by Kunio Nakahata

8. Living in a State of Abandonment: The Anime Vexille's Supplementary Apocalypse by Andreas Oberprantacher

9. Subculture, Conformity, and Sacrifice: Kamikaze Girls through a Mimetic Lens by Matthew Taylor

Part 3 . Mimetic Theory and Theology

10. Back to the Future: The Prophetic and the Apocalyptic in Jewish and Christian Settings by Sandor Goodhart

11. Reading the Antichrist Type: Christian Apocalyptic Typology and Girardian Mimesis by Thomas Ryba

12. The Place of Mimesis and the Apocalyptic: Toward a Topology of the "Far and Near," or Is René Girard a Postmodernist? By Richard Schenk

Conclusion

13. The Drum, the Gaita, and the Desert: Thoughts on How to Approach Conflicts with Mimetic Theory by Mario Roberto Solarte Rodríguez and Mery Edith Rodríguez Arias

List of Contributors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2018
Verlagsort	Notre Dame IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	553 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-268-10016-0 / 0268100160
ISBN-13	978-0-268-10016-2 / 9780268100162
Zustand	Neuware