{"product_id":"tama-in-japanese-myth-a-hermeneutical-study-of-ancient-japanese-divinity-9780761855248","title":"Tama in Japanese Myth A Hermeneutical Study of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book attempts to elucidate Japanese religious experiences by presenting an innovative interpretation of the oldest existing text of Japanese myth, the Kojiki. Iwasawa offers new insights into Japanese mythology regarding the relationship between the human and the divine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTomoko Iwasawa's fascinating and, in many ways, revolutionary study of the Kojiki … makes a convincing case for the fundamentality of tama within the overall structure of Japanese myth…. Fully conversant with Western philosophy and the leading experts in the analysis and criticism of classical Japanese texts, Tomoko Iwasawa's [book] should be considered required reading in Japanese studies, religious studies, and the comparative philosophy of religion. -- Alan M. Olson, Boston University\u003cbr\u003eUnusually lucid and intelligent…. This thoroughly hermeneutic analysis looks to the thought of Paul Ricoeur and Hans-Georg Gadamer and then goes beyond them. Her argument is startling in its originality, thorough in its documentation, and deeply persuasive. -- Michael Palencia-Roth, Trowbridge Scholar in Literary Studies, Emeritus professor of comparative and world literature, University of Illinois\u003cbr\u003eFew scholars have yet approached the kind of exegesis that lwasawa accomplishes … Grounded in ancient Shinto texts and modern scholarship, this original and even courageous work critiques and advances Ricoeurian understanding of myth … and perhaps ultimately of the human condition. -- Carl Becker Ph.D., Litt., professor of comparative religions, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University\u003cbr\u003eI heartily applaud  Iwasawa for the  boldness  of her project. I especially agree with her call for more remythologizing in the scholarly study of Shinto  myth,  that  narrative  corpus  that  was mythologized  by State Shinto  and  then  has been so thoroughly demythologized in postwar  scholarship. * Japan Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction  PART I   TAMA IN JAPANESE MYTH — HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS Chapter 1 In Pursuit of Tama in the Japanese Language: Motoori Norinaga’s Interpretation of Tama     Chapter 2 In Search of the Salvation of Embodied Tama: Hirata Atsutane’s Interpretation of Tama Chapter 3 The Dialectic of Mythologizing, Demythologizing, and Remythologizing  PART II   TAMA IN JAPANESE MYTH — CONCRETE MANIFESTATIONS Part II  Introduction  Chapter 4 The Problem of Defilement: The Myth of Izanagi and Izanami Chapter 5 The Problem of Sin: The Myth of Amaterasu and Susanowo  Conclusion Bibliography Index","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037865148759,"sku":"9780761855248","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761855248.jpg?v=1750937910","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tama-in-japanese-myth-a-hermeneutical-study-of-ancient-japanese-divinity-9780761855248","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}