Sacred Nature: The Role of Shinto in Japanese Environmentalism

Aljaž Mesner

doi:10.4312/svetovi.2.1.31-44

Avtorji

Aljaž Mesner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/svetovi.2.1.31-44

Ključne besede:

Japonska, šintoizem, okoljevarstvo, narava, Chinju no mori, politika

Povzetek

Članek raziskuje vlogo šintoizma v japonskem okoljevarstvu. Najprej predstavi percepcije narave na Japonskem in zgodovinsko vlogo šintoizma, nato pa ohranjanje gozdnih svetišč - Chinju no mori znotraj šintoističnega okoljskega diskurza. Vloga šintoizma v politiki je prikazana prek dejavnosti združenja šintoističnih svetišč - Jinja Honcho. Na koncu so predstavljena svetišča kot urbane zelene površine in skupnostni prostori, kar kaže na potencial povezovanja šintoističnih vrednot z ohranjanjem okolja.

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