1st Edition
Japan and the Pursuit of a New American Identity Work and Education in a Multicultural Age
By Walter Feinberg
Copyright 1993
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1993, Japan and the Pursuit of a New American Identity is a sophisticated analysis of the mission of education in a multicultural age. Arguing that American education has been too long constrained by conservative discourse – which positions schools and students as weapons in an international competition with the Japanese – author Walter Feinberg assesses the cultural and... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. An American Identity Crisis 2. Japan and the American Quest for Moral Authority 3. Economic Conservatives and the Culture of Friction 4. Cultural Conservatives and the Vision of Harmony 5. Collective Identity and Social Practice 6. Japanese Identity 7. Education, Work and Democratic Identity Appendix I Appendix II Notes Index
Biography
Walter Feinberg
