{"id":158,"date":"2017-04-28T22:53:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T13:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moroosocio.e2.valueserver.jp\/wordpress\/?p=158"},"modified":"2017-05-08T21:18:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:18:44","slug":"a-disability-rights-movement-and-shinran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moroosocio.e2.valueserver.jp\/wordpress\/archives\/158","title":{"rendered":"A Disability Rights Movement and Shinran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, disability rights movements have not been so active in the modern Japan. \u00a0 However, \u00a0<em>Aoi-shiba-no-kai<\/em> or &#8220;Society of Green Lawn,\u201d an association for cerebral palsy marked a radical appeal mainly in the 1970&#8217;s, is\u00a0a noteworthy exception.<\/p>\n<p>The four basic principles of the association illustrate\u00a0how radical their critical insistence is. \u00a0The first one is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0We are aware that we are &#8220;persons with cerebral palsy.&#8221; \u00a0We recognize our socially imposed position as &#8220;an existence not to be by right.&#8221; \u00a0We are convinced that the recognition should be the starting point for the whole of our movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Japanese phrase &#8220;we are persons with cerebral palsy&#8221; has a complicated connotation. \u00a0In my simple interpretation, it means &#8220;we are socially stigmatized as persons with cerebral palsy, and at the same time we actually are persons with cerebral palsy.&#8221; \u00a0That is, they aim to criticize the social prejudice without denying their palsy.<\/p>\n<p>The second principle is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We intensively assert ourselves. \u00a0If we are aware that we are &#8220;persons with cerebral palsy,&#8221; \u00a0the will to protect ourselves would rise. \u00a0We are convinced that intensive self-assertion is\u00a0the only way to achieve it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The third one is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We deny love and justice. \u00a0We acutely accuse egoism love and justice involve. \u00a0Such denial leads to observation of human. \u00a0\u00a0We are convinced that genuine welfare is mutual understanding archived in the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proclamation of denying love and justice is the most famous slogan of the association. \u00a0You maybe can compare it with Nietzsche&#8217;s criticism of moral. \u00a0One of the insights the phrase implies is that love and justice are utilized in order to disguise the reality of society. \u00a0<em>Aoi-shiba-no-kai<\/em> united such radical declaration with practical liberation movements; the point makes them different from Nietzsche as a thinker.<\/p>\n<p>The last one is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We never choose an easy way to resolve the problems. \u00a0 We have leaned through our own experience that preference for an easy solution led to a disastrous compromise. \u00a0We are convinced that the only movement we can make is to raise questions in succession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the members explained in several occasions, they were inspired by the Buddhist teaching of\u00a0<em>akunin-shoki<\/em>\u00a0made by Shinran. \u00a0<em>Akunin-shoki<\/em>\u00a0is a teaching which requires a profound\u00a0awareness of one&#8217;s sinfulness.<\/p>\n<p>In the specialized study of Shinran, it is a fashionable trend to criticize the central significance of\u00a0<em>akunin-shoki\u00a0<\/em>just as a product of modernist reinterpretation of Shinran. \u00a0However, as Yamazaki Makoto (2017) indicates, such reinterpretation as a modern product virtually produces an innovative movement like one of\u00a0ao<em>i-shiba-no-kai. \u00a0<\/em>As far as missing such possibilities of reinterpretation,\u00a0recent deconstructing critics are captured by\u00a0essentialist bias, \u00a0contrary to their own manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong> [Japanese; the English titles are attached only for the blog entry]:<\/p>\n<p>YOKOTSUKA Koichi, <em>Don&#8217;t Kill, Mam!<\/em> \uff08\u6a2a\u585a\u6643\u4e00\u300e\u6bcd\u3088\uff01\u6bba\u3059\u306a\u300f\u751f\u6d3b\u66f8\u9662\u30012007\u5e74\uff09<\/p>\n<p>YAMAZAKI Makoto, &#8220;A Source of the Thoughts on Autonomy of Disabilities in Japan : Religious Thought of the Association of Celebral Palsy, <em>Green Grass.<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/ir.lib.shimane-u.ac.jp\/metadata\/38638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u5c71\ufa11\u4eae\u300c\u969c\u5bb3\u8005\u81ea\u7acb\u601d\u60f3\u306e\u4e00\u6e90\u6d41\u300d\u300e\u5cf6\u6839\u5927\u5b66\u6cd5\u6587\u5b66\u90e8\u7d00\u8981 \u793e\u4f1a\u6587\u5316\u5b66\u79d1\u7de8 \u793e\u4f1a\u6587\u5316\u8ad6\u96c6\u300f13\u53f7\u30012017\u5e74<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>[E0006\/170428]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, disability rights movements have not been so active in the modern Japan. \u00a0 However, \u00a0Aoi-shiba-no-kai or &#8220;Society of Green Lawn,\u201d an association for cerebral palsy marked a radical appeal mainly in the 1970&#8217;s, is\u00a0a noteworthy exception. 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