Culture and Identity: Japanese Intellectuals During the Interwar Years Contributor(s): Rimer, J. Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0691635749 ISBN-13: 9780691635743 Publisher: Princeton University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - Japan |
Dewey: 306.095 |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7" W x 10" L (1.71 lbs) 322 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
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Publisher Description: This collection of essays represents the first attempt in this country to examine systematically the nature and development of modern Japanese self-consciousness as expressed through culture. The essays reveal eloquently the extent to which important aspects of Japanese intellectual life in the early twentieth century were inspired by European models of cultural criticism, ranging from Kant and Hegel to Nietzsche, Marx, Durkheim, and Bergson. Implicitly comparative, this collection raises the question whether late industrialization and related processes call forth cultural convergence (as between East and West) or whether a living culture transforms these processes and makes one nation's experience significantly different from that of others. Together with the editor, the contributors include Brett de Bary, Thomas W. Burkman, H. D. Harootunian, Germaine A. Hoston, Nozomu Kawamura, Stephen W. Kohl, William R. LaFleur, Hajimu Nakano, Donald Roden, Miriam Silverberg, Eugene Soviak, Jackie Stone, Shuji Takashina, and Makoto Ueda. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
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