Building a Heaven on Earth - Religion, Activism, and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea

Info autore

Albert L. Park is associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College.

Riassunto

Studies the progressive drives by religious groups to contest standard conceptions of modernity and forge a heavenly kingdom on the Korean peninsula to relieve people from fierce ruptures in their everyday lives. The results of his study will reconfigure the debates on colonial modernity and the role of religion in a modern world.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Albert L Park, Albert L. Park
• Editore: University of hawaii press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780824887285
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-8728-5
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 499 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Japan, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Korea, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, History - General History, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Asia / Korea