The Dilemma of “Authentic Self” Ideology in Contemporary Japan
The Dilemma of “Authentic Self” Ideology in Contemporary Japan
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当代日本“本我”意识形态的困境
DOI：
10.1111/1475-6781.00004
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Michiko Maekawa
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作者：
Michiko Maekawa
本文探讨了追求“真实自我”的现代意识形态所固有的困境，这种意识形态最初出现于20世纪60年代，现在在当代文化中广泛存在。在宗教场景中，这种意识形态被视为“自我改造”的宗教，在这种宗教中，寻求者寻求在精神上改造自己，以实现他们真实的或“神圣的”自我。这种对“真实性”的追求导致了成员们切断了与现实世界的联系。最后的分析表明，无休止地追求“真实自我”的可能后果是“真空”自我和对他人的同理心的丧失。由此产生的本体论条件带来了内在或外在的潜在破坏性。
This paper examines dilemmas inherent in the pursuit of the modern ideology of “authentic self”, which first emerged in the 1960s and is now widespread in contemporary cultures. The ideology is exemplified, in a religious scene, as “self-transformative” religions wherein seekers seek to transform themselves spiritually in order to realize their authentic, or “sacred” selves. Through an examination of Aum Shinrikyo, which began as a typical “self-transformative” religion but later transformed into a destructive cult, I will explain the intrinsic moral imperatives of the ideology of “authenticity”. This study of Aum explores the introverted lifestyle and extreme desocialization, which resulted in obsession with the central guru, being legitimated by the ideology. This search for “authenticity” resulted in the members cutting themselves off from the reality of the world. The final analysis suggests that possible consequences of the endless pursuit of the “authentic self” are a “vacuum” self and a loss of empathy with other people. The ontological conditions created by this bring about potential destructiveness, either internal or external.