Nationalisms of Japan: Managing and Mystifying IdentityRowman & Littlefield, 2004 - 333 Seiten In this fresh and original analysis, Brian J. McVeigh confronts both the demonizers and apologists of Japan. He argues persuasively that far from being unique, Japanese nationalism becomes demystified once 'management' and 'mysticism'--the same processes and practices that operate in other national states--are taken into account. Stripping away Orientalist-inspired misconceptions, the author stresses the variety and relative intensity of nationalisms, ranging from economic, ethnic, and educational to cultural, gendered, and religious. He moves beyond state-centered ideologies to explore the linkages between official and popular nationalisms and the complex interplay of ethnocultural, ethnopolitical, and ethnoracial forms of identity. The ambiguity and everydayness of nationalism, McVeigh contends, explain its enduring power. He concludes that modern Japan is imbued with a deeply rooted legacy of 'renovationism' or 'reform nationalism' that accounts for its streamlined state structures, guarded economic nationalism, and highly scrutinized relationship with the rest of the world. Highlighting the pluralism of identity among Japanese, this book will be an invaluable corrective to recent works that glibly proclaim the emergence of 'globalization, ' 'internationalization, ' and 'convergence.' |
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
The Ambiguity Domains and Degrees of Nationalism | 23 |
Historical Background of Japans Nationalisms | 40 |
Renovationist Nationalism The SelfReinforcing Logic of Modernity and Japaneseness | 56 |
Nationalizing the State and Statizing the Nation | 82 |
Economic Nationalism Developmentalism and Capitalist Nationalism | 99 |
Educational Nationalism Reproducing Educational Dualism | 128 |
Ethnos Nationalism State Nation and Race in a House of Mirrors | 147 |
Gendered Nationalism Producing Good WivesWise Mothers | 219 |
Mainstream and Marginal Nationalism The Paradox of Japaneseness in the Mahikari Religious Movement | 240 |
Japans Legacy of Modernity and Issues of Citizenship | 259 |
Internationalism Extranationalism and Renovationism | 273 |
Types of Corporations and Their Relevant Laws | 285 |
Procedure for Establishing a PublicService Corporation | 287 |
Organization of Corporations | 289 |
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State Cultural Nationalism Cultural PolicyAestheticizing the Nation and Nationalizing Aesthetics | 165 |
Popular Cultural Nationalism Linking Ethnos Aesthetics Citizenship and Progress | 185 |
Postimperial Ethnos Nationalism Homogeneity Uniqueness and Peace | 203 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Agency for Cultural Ainu Asia Asian associated banal nationalism Befu Billig bunka Bureau bureaucratic capitalism capitalist chapter citizenship civil cram schools Cultural Affairs cultural nationalism democracy discourse Division economic nationalism edited Education Ministry elite Emperor established ethnic nationalism ethnos example foreign gakkō gendered higher women's schools historical hōjin homogeneity ideology imperial industrial institutions internationalization Japanese culture Japanese language Japanese nationalism Japanese society juku kokka kokumin kokutai kotodama kyōiku labor liberal Mahikari means Meiji period minzoku Modern Japan Morris-Suzuki 1998 movement mysticism myth Najita nation-state national identity nationalist Nihon nihonjin-ron nippon nomic non-Japanese official Oguma organizations Party percent political popular postwar prewar race racial racialist racism reform religions religious renovationism renovationist restorationism right-wing role sense sentiment Shinto social socialist spiritual Stronach structures Su God tion tional Tokyo tradition University Press wartime WBBG women's junior colleges
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