The “sacred” standing for the “fallen” spirits: Yasukuni Shrine and memory of war

• Autores: Jonghwa Lee
• Localización: Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, ISSN-e 1751-3057, Vol. 9, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 368-388
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This essay examines the rhetoric/politics of Yasukuni Shrine as an experiential memory-scape, a material and discursive ground to frame and enact banal patriotism and militant nationalism. As a powerful mnemonic and rhetorical institution, Yasukuni Shrine (re)produces a nationalistic narrative and identity by (con)fusing natural feelings of individual grief and cultural tradition of commemoration with national heritage of banal patriotism. By (con)fusing what is “particular” and “universal,” Yasukuni Shrine establishes its rhetorical ground to justify a “banal” sense of patriotism that slips into the “ordinary yet honorable” fervor of militant nationalism, while effectively evading its moral/ethical reflexivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]