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Article: Daniel A. Metraux. Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth.
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- Utopian Studies
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- January 1, 2002
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Daniel A. Metraux. Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth.
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1999. 144 pp. $24.50.
THIS SHORT TREATMENT of Aura Shinrikyo, the Japanese new religious movement responsible for releasing satin gas on the Tokyo subway in 1995 and other violence, focuses not on the inner circle of people around the guru, but on the rank-and-file members and their reasons for joining. It is written by a scholar of Japanese religions with extensive experience in Japan and draws on the best scholarly literature on Aum Shinrikyo. This book makes a contribution to rounding out the picture of Aum Shinrikyo, and lays the groundwork for future studies ...