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YASUKUNI JINJA HOAN: RELIGION AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
In: PACIFIC AFFAIRS, Band 49, Heft 3
THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH A CONTROVERSY IN JAPAN OVER A PIECE OF LEGISLATION KNOWN AS THE "BILL FOR THE NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OF YASUKUNI SHRINE," WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND WITHDRAWN FIVE TIMES. THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHRINE REPRESENTS ONE ASPECT OF A LARGE-SCALE DRIFT BY JAPAN'S RULING ELITE BACK TO THE AUTHORITARIAN SOCIETY WHICH EXISTED BEFORE 1945.
