1st Edition
Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary Japan A Sociological Enquiry
By Kosaku Yoshino
Copyright 1992
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. Yoshino examines how ideas of national distinctiveness are `produced' and `consumed' in Japanese society through a study of intellectuals,... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The nihonjinron: thinking elites’ ideas of Japanese uniqueness; Chapter 3 Ideas of national distinctiveness: comparative perspectives; Chapter 4 Theories of ethnicity and nationalism: a critical review; Chapter 5 Modern Japanese society as Gemeinschaft: the holistic tradition in theories of modern Japan; Chapter 6 Perceptions of Japanese uniqueness among educators and businessmen; Chapter 7 The diffusion of ideas of Japanese uniqueness: the response of educators and businessmen to the nihonjinron; Chapter 8 Leading business elites, nationalism and cultural nationalism; Chapter 9 Explanations of the nihonjinron; Chapter 10 ‘Resurgent cultural nationalism’ and ‘prudent revivalist nationalism’;
Biography
Kosaku Yoshino
`Dr Yoshino has made a careful sociological study of the Nihonjinron. This book is a useful complement to Peter Dale's The Myth of Japanese Uniqueness, also available from Routledge.' - Asian Affairs
`Yoshino Kosaku's [book] distinguishes itself as a model of scholarly dispassion... an excellent introduction to the subject, far superior to its predecessors in its objectivity and its theory-orientatedness.' - Monumenta Nipponica
