Kosaku Yoshino

Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary Japan

A Sociological Enquiry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illuminates the debate about Japan's `uniqueness', looking at modern agents of cultural nationalism and going on to test general theories of ethnicity with Japan as a case study. Focuses on the new role of the Japanese business community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781138990548
• ISBN-10: 113899054X
• Artikelnr.: 44395020

Autorenporträt

Kosaku Yoshino

Inhaltsangabe

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';