Edouard L'Hérisson

Edouard L'Hérisson serves as a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Inalco) and as a researcher at IFRAE. He held a Visiting Professorship at EASt during the 2023-2024 academic year.

His research centers on modern and contemporary Japanese religion with specialized focus on:

• Shinto practices during Japan's imperial period
• Intersections of religious spatial organization and political power
• Utopian thought in imperial-era intellectual movements
• Syncretism in Japanese new religious organizations
• Religion's role in Japanese imperialism and cultural identity

His recent publications (2021-2023) reveal consistent scholarly engagement with 20th-century Japanese religious history, particularly examining how figures like Mushanokōji Saneatsu, Deguchi Onisaburō, and Ueshiba Morihei navigated the complex relationships between spiritual traditions and imperial politics. These works collectively demonstrate religion's instrumentalization within Japan's wartime and colonial frameworks.

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