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Nationalisms of Japan
Managing and Mystifying Identity
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2004
Summary
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.'
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-2455-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4175-0351-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
333
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Note to Reader No access
1 Introduction No access
2 The Ambiguity, Domains, and Degrees of Nationalism No access
3 Historical Background of Japan's Nationalisms No access
4 Renovationist Nationalism: The Self-Reinforcing Logic of Modernity and Japaneseness No access
5 Nationalizing the State and Statizing the Nation No access
6 Economic Nationalism: Developmentalism and Capitalist Nationalism No access
7 Educational Nationalism: Reproducing Educational Dualism No access
8 Ethnos Nationalism: State, Nation, and "Race" in a House of Mirrors No access
9 State Cultural Nationalism: "Cultural Policy" -Aestheticizing the Nation and Nationalizing Aesthetics No access
10 Popular Cultural Nationalism: Linking Ethnos, Aesthetics, Citizenship, and Progress No access
11 Postimperial Ethnos Nationalism: Homogeneity, Uniqueness, and Peace No access
12 Gendered Nationalism: Producing "Good Wives-Wise Mothers" No access
13 Mainstream and Marginal Nationalism: The Paradox of "Japaneseness" in the Mahikari Religious Movement No access
14 Japan's Legacy of Modernity and Issues of Citizenship No access
15 Internationalism, Extranationalism, and Renovationism No access
Appendix A Types of Corporations and Their Relevant Laws No access Pages 285 - 286
Appendix B Procedure for Establishing a Public-Service Corporation No access Pages 287 - 288
Appendix C Organization of Corporations No access Pages 289 - 290
