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TY - JOUR
T1 - Murder on the Tokyo subway
T2 - nerve centres, religion and violence
AU - Reader, Ian
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The 1995 Tokyo subway attack by the Japanese religious movement Aum Shinrikyō represents one of the most dramatic examples of violence by a religious movement in modern times. Initially urban-based but with a rural communal presence, Aum believed that it had a mission to transform the world and fight in an imminent apocalyptic war between good and evil, and it engaged in numerous conflicts with the secular world it despised. While emphasising the significance of religious visions in Aum's activities this article examines the degree to which Aum's associations with the city of Tokyo also featured as an element in its violence.
AB - The 1995 Tokyo subway attack by the Japanese religious movement Aum Shinrikyō represents one of the most dramatic examples of violence by a religious movement in modern times. Initially urban-based but with a rural communal presence, Aum believed that it had a mission to transform the world and fight in an imminent apocalyptic war between good and evil, and it engaged in numerous conflicts with the secular world it despised. While emphasising the significance of religious visions in Aum's activities this article examines the degree to which Aum's associations with the city of Tokyo also featured as an element in its violence.
U2 - 10.1080/13562576.2013.850824
DO - 10.1080/13562576.2013.850824
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 377
EP - 392
JO - Space and Polity
JF - Space and Polity
SN - 1470-1235
IS - 3
ER -