Civil society, religion, and the nation : modernization in intercultural context, Russia, Japan, Turkey / edited by Gerrit Steunebrink and Evert van der Zweerde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zweerde, Evert van der, editor.

Steunebrink, Gerrit, editor.

Series:

Studien zur interkulturellen Philosophie / Studies in Intercultural Philosophy / Études de philosophie interculturelle ; 14.

Studien zur interkulturellen Philosophie / Studies in Intercultural Philosophy / Études de philosophie interculturelle ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history.

Civil society.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; New York, New York : Rodopi, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Japan, Russia, and Turkey are major examples of countries with different ethnic, religious, and cultural background that embarked on the path of modernization without having been colonized by a Western country. In all three cases, national consciousness has played a significant role in this context. The project of Modernity is obviously of European origin, but is it essentially European? Does modernization imply loss of a country's cultural or national identity? If so, what is the "fate" of the modernization process in these cases? The presence of the idea and reality of civil society can be considered a real marker of Modernity in this respect, because it presupposes the development of liberalism, individualism and human rights. But are these compatible with nationalism and with the idea of a national religion? These questions are the more pressing, as Japan is considered part of the Western world in many respects, and Russia and Turkey are defining their relation to the European Union in different ways. An investigation of these three countries, set off against more general reflections, sheds light on the possibilities or limitations of modernization n a non-European context.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Part I Russia

Pauline SCHROOYEN: Modernization in Late Imperial Russia: Some Critical Reflections on and Suggestions for the Study of Russian Society

Marina BYKOVA: Nation and Nationalism. Russia in Search of its National Identity

Jonathan SUTTON: Civil Society, Religion, and the Nation. Reflections on the Russian Case

Hans OVERSLOOT: Towards a Revival of the State as an Ideology in Contemporary Russia

Part II Japan

Paul KEVENHÖRSTER: Civil Society, Religion, and the Nation: The Case of Japan

Tetsuo NAJITA: Civil Society in Japan's Modernity - An Interpretive Overview

Rikki KERSTEN: Maruyama Masao and the Dilemma of the Public Intellectual in Postwar Japan

Inken PROHL: Religion and National Identity in Contemporary Japan

Part III Turkey

Gerrit STEUNEBRINK: Liberalism and Nationalism in Europe and Turkey: On the Reception and Application of Modern European Ideas in a New Historical and Cultural Context

Yasin CEYLAN: The Conflict between State and Religion in Turkey

Ayşe KADIOĞLU: Citizenship and Individuation in Turkey: The Triumph of Will over Reason

Akin ERGÜDEN: Doing Things with Metaphor: The Ru(o)le of Metaphor in the Formation of the Grammar of the Public Sphere in Turkey

Part IV General Perspectives

Peter van der VEER: Religion, Nation and the Public Sphere

Machiel KARSKENS: Nationalism as Political Strategy Contrary to Civil Society

Evert van der ZWEERDE: ... But Where Is the State?

On the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

94-012-0142-0

1-4175-9206-0

OCLC:

60158756

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401201421 DOI