Rethinking Identity In Modern Japan

Author : Yumiko Iida
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134564651
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Identity in Modern Japan written by Yumiko Iida and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a major reconsideration of Japanese late modernity and national hegemony which examines the creative and academic works of a number of influential Japanese thinkers. The author situates the process of Japanese knowledge production in the interface between the immediate historical and the wider socio-economic and politico-cultural contexts accompanying the Japanese post-war experience of modernity. This book will be of great value to anyone interested in the history of contemporary Japanese culture and society.

Author : Terry Narramore
Publisher : Curzon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415288668
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Modern Japan written by Terry Narramore and published by Curzon Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Modern Japan is an accessible introduction to Japanese politics and society which combines both political and cultural studies approaches to understanding Japan. It explores the significant interaction between Japanese identity (cultural, national, regional, ethnic, gender-based) and the political (management, political economy, financial reform). Each chapter introduces the subject and gives an overview of the key literature in the area. The unique combination of cultural theory and conventional political analysis makes the book both contemporary and attractive to students.

Author : Susanne Klien
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317794389
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Japan's Identity and International Role written by Susanne Klien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents a study of Japan's international role with a special focus on its historical evolution. To that end, the following three pillars lay the necessary theoretical foundations: one, the notions of historical and political identity and a discussion of the ambivalent shapes they have taken in Japan; two, the regional context, an examination of Japan's situation with respect to Asian history as a whole, and finally, the "civilian power" concept as defined by Hanns W. Maull.

Author : Susanne Klien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315811055
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Japan's Identity and International Role written by Susanne Klien and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Stockwin
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498537936
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Japan written by Arthur Stockwin and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors argue that with the election of the Abe Government in December 2012, Japanese politics has entered a radically new phase they describe as the “2012 Political System.” The system began with the return to power of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), after three years in opposition, but in a much stronger electoral position than previous LDP-based administrations in earlier decades. Moreover, with the decline of previously endemic intra-party factionalism, the LDP has united around an essentially nationalist agenda never absent from the party’s ranks, but in the past was generally blocked, or modified, by factions of more liberal persuasion. Opposition weakness following the severe defeat of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration in 2012 has also enabled the Abe Government to establish a political stability largely lacking since the 1990s. The first four chapters deal with Japanese political development since 1945 and factors leading to the emergence of Abe Shinzō as Prime Minister in 2012. Chapter 5 examines the Abe Government’s flagship economic policy, dubbed “Abenomics.” The authors then analyse four highly controversial objectives promoted by the Abe Government: revision of the 1947 ‘Peace Constitution’; the introduction of a Secrecy Law; historical revision, national identity and issues of war apology; and revised constitutional interpretation permitting collective defence. In the final three chapters they turn to foreign policy, first examining relations with China, Russia and the two Koreas, second Japan and the wider world, including public diplomacy, economic relations and overseas development aid, and finally, the vexed question of how far Japanese policies are as reactive to foreign pressure. In the Conclusion, the authors ask how far right wing trends in Japan exhibit common causality with shifts to the right in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. They argue that although in Japan immigration has been a relatively minor factor, economic stagnation, demographic decline, a sense of regional insecurity in the face of challenges from China and North Korea, and widening gaps in life chances, bear comparison with trends elsewhere. Nevertheless, they maintain that “[a] more sane regional future may be possible in East Asia.”

Author : Christopher Harding
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462922511
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Japan written by Christopher Harding and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history--from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s. Though highly successful, and typically portrayed as a unified effort, Japan's rebuilding throughout the 20th century faced a lot of domestic criticism. This story-led account gives a voice to those who felt they didn't fit in with what Japan was becoming. It's that push and pull that made the country what it is today. This book will be a fascinating read for anyone interested in Japanese culture--whether film and literature, or pop culture and manga--as big shifts in Japanese ideology and society tend to come from culture and the arts, rather than being politically-driven. It will also be of interest to those traveling to Japan who want a better sense of the place, or anyone seeking to better understand Japan's role on the global stage. With over 100 photographs, maps and prints, A History of Modern Japan showcases the compelling story of Japan's amazing growth and its resulting struggles. For all the country's advancement, the Japanese people continue to wrestle with the notion of what it means to be Japanese in a changing world.

Author : Timothy Iles
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047424697
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of Identity in Contemporary Japanese Film written by Timothy Iles and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, textually analytical study of the ways in which works of contemporary Japanese cinema have explored and reflected a 'crisis' in Japan's changing conceptions of individuality and identity approaching the central issue from a range of aspects.

Author : Guy Podoler
Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004213007
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Militarism in Modern Japan written by Guy Podoler and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A considerable amount of writing has been published on Japan at war in WWII. Scholars have been revisiting the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5. This volume examines Japan’s twentieth-century approach to war and militarism in a wider perspective, bringing hitherto unexamined new themes and subject-matter under scrutiny up to the present day.

Author : Takie Lebra
Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004213414
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identity, Gender, and Status in Japan written by Takie Lebra and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of Takie Lebra have had significant impact on Western understanding and appreciation of the structures and workings of Japanese society. In particular, her research into the notions of self and self-other relationships, issues of gender and women and motherhood has provided a new paradigm in the way these issues are now addressed.

Author : Roy Starrs
Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004211306
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Japanese Modernism written by Roy Starrs and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By adopting an open, multidisciplinary, and transnational approach, this book sheds new light both on the specific achievements and on the often-unexpected interrelationships of the writers, artists and thinkers who helped to define the Japanese version of modernism and modernity.