03309nam 2200445 450 991081875560332120230126215548.00-7618-6822-4(CKB)3710000000851061(EBL)4676939(OCoLC)958566239(MiAaPQ)EBC4676939(EXLCZ)99371000000085106120161003h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUnderstanding Japaneseness a fresh look at Nipponjinron through "Maternal-filial affection" /Kosuke Nishitani ; edited by Michael J. SherrillLanham :Hamilton Books,[2016]©20161 online resource (270 p.)Includes index.0-7618-6821-6 Contents; Preface; Notes; Acknowledgments; 1 Seminal Studies of Nipponjinron; The First Substantial Nipponjinron-ron; Nipponjinron as Ideology; Nipponjinron as Consumer Goods; The Significance of Befu's Nipponjinron-ron; Aoki's Work as a Baseline for Nipponjinron-ron; Four Stages of Postwar Nipponjinron; Nipponjinron-bashing; Benedict's Nipponjinron as a Point of Departure; Glocalism as a Conclusion; Funabiki's Nipponjinron-ron for the Twenty-first Century; Nipponjinron in the Context of Modernization; The Need for Nipponjinron as Public Property and Political OpinionNipponjinron for the Self-transformation of the JapaneseNotes; 2 My Own Perspective on Nipponjinron; Modernization, Internationalization, and Globalization as a Grand Context for Nipponjinron; The "Third Opening" of Japan and Globalization; What Is Modernization, Internationalization, and Globalization?; Fruits of the Age-old Struggle to Be Free; A Critique of Democracy in Japanese Conservative Nationalism; Making Democracy a Universal Public Good; "Human Rights! Human Rights! Human Rights!"; Anthropological ConcentrationMercury Poisoning: Claims for Compensation vs. Keeping the PeaceNotes; 5 Reinterpreting Nipponism; A Methodological Perspective for a Study of National Identity; Discerning Characteristics Unique to a Nation; The Rigidity of the Blood Relation System in Japan; Parental-filial Relation: The Core of Nipponism; Parental-filial Duty: Giving and Receiving On; Non-blood Relation and On: A Rational Balance Sheet; On in Japanese Social Ethics; The Parental-filial Relation as Ethical Axiom; Parental-filial Affection as the Religious Substance of the Japanese; Nipponism as Civil Religion?This book makes a distinctly new contribution to the field of Nipponjinron as a theological anthropology of Japaneseness. Through concrete examples, classic literature, historical analysis, and religious reflection, the author illuminates a new path to understanding Japaneseness by drawing the reader's attention to the lifeblood of Japanese behavior, "maternal-filial affection."JapanCivilizationJapanSocial life and customsNishitani Kosuke1722391Sherill Michael J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818755603321Understanding Japaneseness4122698UNINA