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Intimate Japan: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict ed. by Allison Alexy and Emma E. Cook (review)

Intimate Japan: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict ed. by Allison Alexy and Emma E. Cook... 286 Journal of Japanese Studies 46:1 (2020) logical bent of Meiji Jing¯ u acts upon these participants in any meaningful way, or whether they are entirely free to take away what they want from their affi liation with the shrine. One more example: in his fi nal chapter, Rots examines how the Jinja Honcho ¯ , the institutional face of shrine Shinto ¯, now actively utilizes international outreach to bolster the domestic legitimacy of Shint¯ o. At the same time, this very outreach opens Shinto ¯ to actors be- yond the confi nes of Japan. To Rots, the Dutch Shinzen Foundation and its priest, Paul de Leeuw, suggest that a universalist conception of Shint¯ w o ith worldwide sotereological potential is growing and non-Japanese voices may come to play a greater role in defi ning what Shinto ¯ is to be. Yet, are we to imagine Shinto ¯ is being recast by actors interested in a more universalist environmental ethic, or are the Jinja Honcho ¯ and other groups successfully utilizing avenues opened by environmentalist discourses to sanitize and re- vive a nationalist ideology? Rots leaves that question open even as he tells us that Shinto ¯ is a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Japanese Studies Society for Japanese Studies

Intimate Japan: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict ed. by Allison Alexy and Emma E. Cook (review)

Mclelland, Mark
The Journal of Japanese Studies , Volume 46 (1) – Jan 28, 2020
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286 Journal of Japanese Studies 46:1 (2020) logical bent of Meiji Jing¯ u acts upon these participants in any meaningful way, or whether they are entirely free to take away what they want from their affi liation with the shrine. One more example: in his fi nal chapter, Rots examines how the Jinja Honcho ¯ , the institutional face of shrine Shinto ¯, now actively utilizes international outreach to bolster the domestic legitimacy of Shint¯ o. At the same time, this very outreach opens Shinto ¯ to actors be- yond the confi nes of Japan. To Rots, the Dutch Shinzen Foundation and its priest, Paul de Leeuw, suggest that a universalist conception of Shint¯ w o ith worldwide sotereological potential is growing and non-Japanese voices may come to play a greater role in defi ning what Shinto ¯ is to be. Yet, are we to imagine Shinto ¯ is being recast by actors interested in a more universalist environmental ethic, or are the Jinja Honcho ¯ and other groups successfully utilizing avenues opened by environmentalist discourses to sanitize and re- vive a nationalist ideology? Rots leaves that question open even as he tells us that Shinto ¯ is a

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Published: Jan 28, 2020

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