Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Generation Aum Shinrikyo Chapter 2 Aum's Appeal to Younger Japanese Chapter 3 The True Believers of Aum Chapter 4 The Voices of Aum Chapter 5 The Farce of the "Great Russian Salvation Tour and Ventures Elsewhere" Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Cast of Characters Chapter 8 Time Line of Events in Aum History Chapter 9 Notes Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index

About the Author

Daniel A. Metraux is Chair and Professor of Asian Studies at Mary Baldwin College and the author of The Lotus and the Maple Leaf (University Press of America, 1996).

Reviews

This book makes a contribution to rounding out the picture of Aum Shinrikyo, and lays the groundwork for future studies of members who stayed or joined Aum after the Tokyo subway attack.
*Utopian Studies*

Investigates the motives of ordinary young members of the cult, who joined for religious and social reasons and were generally uninvolved in their terrorist activities: Why did they join? What were their goals and expectations? Why did they choose to stay or leave? The book also discusses the Aum phenomenon as a reflection of alienation.
*Japan Quarterly*

This book makes a contribution to rounding out the picture of Aum Shinrikyo, and lays the groundwork for future studies of members who stayed or joined Aum after the Tokyo subway attack.
*Utopian Studies*