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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784602803321

Autore

Doak Kevin Michael

Titolo

A history of nationalism in modern Japan [[electronic resource] ] : placing the people / / by Kevin M. Doak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-45821-X

9786611458218

90-474-1182-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section five, Japan, , 0921-5239 ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

320.540952

Soggetti

Nationalism - Japan - History

Japan History 1868-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / K. Doak -- Chapter One. Representing The People As A Nation / K. Doak -- Chapter Two. The Preconditions Of Japanese Nationalism / K. Doak -- CHAPTER THREE. TENNŌ / K. Doak -- Chapter Fours. Hakai / K. Doak -- Chapter Five. Kokumin / K. Doak -- Chapter Six. Minzoku / K. Doak -- Chapter Seven. Afterword: The Place Of The Nation In Japan Today / K. Doak -- Bibliography / K. Doak -- Index / K. Doak.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a systematic overview of the debates over Japanese national identity and nationalism from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. It presumes that nationalism is a particular form of identity-politics and as such it foregrounds national identity as it has been articulated by influential Japanese intellectuals. Building on theories that situate nationalism as a mode of politicizing the people, this study presents Japanese nationalism as a contestory practice that positions “the people” as what the nation is and what nationalism seeks to achieve. The body of the text is composed of chapters that explore key sites where this practice has been particularly intense and influential (kokumin, minzoku, shakai, tenno). Originally published in hardcover.