HIST 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Yasukuni Shrine, Donghak Peasant Revolution, Meiji Constitution
30 Mar 2019
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Led to imposition of unequal treaties, and japanese expansion into hokkaido, ryukyu, and kuril islands: violence of modernization: subjugation of foreign peoples on account of social darwinism. States sought thus sought modernization through tough labour conditions to prevent colonization: new vocabularies: importing laws and taxonomies: japan adopted western norms of laws, politics, and trade. Thus, developed new worlds to deal with foreign concepts: science and religion: science seen as essential part of modernity based on rationalism, western powers demanded freedom of religions, but japan did not fully grasp the concept of religion. Believed science was superior to religion, but religion was superior to superstition: shinto and religion: intellectuals sought to define religion, and determined buddhism was religion, confucianism was not. (1) shinto was considered a science.
