Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary Japan: A Sociological EnquiryRoutledge, 18/10/2005 - 284 من الصفحات The debate about Japan's 'uniqueness' is central to Japanese studies. This book aims to illuminate that debate from a comparative and theoretical perspective. It also tests theories of ethnicity and cultural nationalism through the use of Japan as a case study. |
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... individual essay . The writers of the nihonjinron are not confined to academics but include thinkers of various occupations such as journalists , critics , writers and even business elites . However , the nihonjinron considered here are ...
... individual and whole ' ( Ishida , quoted in Kunihiro 1976 : 277 ) . The Japanese are thus described as relying less on logical presentation - and therefore the use of language - and more on affective means of communication . There are a ...
... individual and the group . The problem lies in the dichotomy between methodological individualism and methodological holism , which regard the individual and the group as analytical points of departure , respectively . Arguing that such ...
... individual and the group is the product of the Western experience of modernisation and , as such , does not fit the Japanese setting . The notion of groupism can imply unilateral influence or control by society over individual behaviour ...
... individual is by all evidence unconscious or only partly conscious ' ( ibid .: 225 ) . The symbol of ' Japanese blood ' evokes the stable sense of ' us ' and ' our ' identity by representing a complex set of meanings and emotive ...
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comparative perspectives | 39 |
a critical review | 68 |
the holistic tradition in theories of modem Japan | 87 |
Chapter 6 Perceptions of Japanese uniqueness among educators and businessmen | 104 |
the response of educators and businessmen to the nihonjinron | 133 |
Chapter 8 Leading business elites nationalism and cultural nationalism | 158 |
Chapter 9 Explanations of the nihonjinron | 185 |
Chapter 10 Resurgent cultural nationalism and prudent revivalist nationalism | 203 |
Notes | 227 |
Bibliography | 247 |
Index | 263 |