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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... one attention - catching key concept after another to describe Japanese uniqueness in a way that appeals to the general educated public . In this sense Dale is quite right in characterising the nihonjinron as ' the commercialised ...
... one's personality . The name derives from the fact that the hara ( abdomen ) has been traditionally considered to house one's courage , integrity , purity , genuine feelings and so on . Haragei , which Matsumoto Michihiro maintains , is ...
... one's message ] is very Japanese . For instance , the wife cannot possibly directly confront her mother - in - law and yet wants to make her husband aware of her trying experience [ with the mother - in - law ] . This difficult ...
... one clue to the dis- tinctiveness of Japanese culture is that it belongs to the rice - growing cultural sphere characterized by irrigated rice cultivation ' . This , he says , is ' a basic factor from beginning to end ' ( 1969 : 110 ) ...
... one another in their coopera- tive work . If messages are put imprecisely and ambiguously , they cannot work together well and it is dangerous . [ In this situation ] the vocalised symbol - language comes to refer to a specific object ...
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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 |