Soka Gakkai's Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan

by Levi McLaughlin

Book Overview

Soka Gakkai is Japan's largest and most influential new religious organization: It claims more than 8 million Japanese households and close to 2 million members in 192 countries and territories. The religion is best known for its affiliated political party, Komeito (the Clean Government Party), which comprises part of the ruling coalition in Japan's National Diet, and it exerts considerable influence in education, media, finance, and other key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824884280
• ISBN13: 9780824884284
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"