Peter Nosco

Individuality in Early Modern Japan

Thinking for Oneself

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Two of the most commonly alleged features of Japanese society are its homogeneity and its encouragement of conformity, as represented by the saying that the nail that sticks up gets pounded. This volume's primary goal is to challenge these and a number of other long-standing assumptions regarding Tokugawa (1600-1868) society, and thereby to open a dialogue regarding the relationship between the Japan of two centuries ago and the present. The volume's central chapters concentrate on six aspects of Tokugawa society: the construction of individual identity, aggressive pursuit of self-interest, defiant practice of forbidden religious traditions, interest in self-cultivation and personal betterment, understandings of happiness and well-being, and embrace of "neglected" counter-ideological values. The author argues that when taken together, these point to far higher degrees of individuality in early modern Japan than has heretofore been acknowledged, and in an Afterword the author briefly examines how these indicators of individuality in early modern Japan are faring in contemporary Japan at the time of writing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780367336875
• ISBN-10: 0367336871
• Artikelnr.: 56925614

Autorenporträt

Peter Nosco is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Creating a Context for Thinking for Oneself 2. Identity
and Orientation 3. Self-interest, Protest, and the Public Sphere 4. Secrecy
and Privacy in Religious Faith and Practice 5. Self-Cultivation, Salon
Culture, and the Private Academy 6. Well-being and the Pursuit of Happiness
7. Values 8. Conclusions: Individuality in Early Modern Japan. Afterword:
Aspects of and Resistance to Individuality in Contemporary Japan