Soka Gakkai`s Human Revolution – The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan

Soka Gakkai's Human RevolutionThe Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan\nAuthor(s): Levi McLaughlin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press, United States\nImprint: University of Hawai'i Press\nISBN-13: 9780824884284, 978-0824884284\nSynopsis\nSoka 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 areas. Levi McLaughlins comprehensive account of Soka Gakkai draws on nearly two decades of archival research and non-member fieldwork to account for its institutional development beyond Buddhism and suggest how we should understand the activities and dispositions of its adherents. M.