Japan's Alternative Modernity in a Globalizing World

Japan's Alternative Modernity in a Globalizing World

Japan and Its Others: Globalization, Difference, and the Critique of Modernity. John Clammer. Japanese Society Series. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2001. 272 pp. Individual Dignity in Modern Japanese Thought: The Evolution of the Concept of Jinkaku in Moral and Educational Discourse. Kyoko Inoue....

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Published in:American Anthropologist 2002, Vol.104 (3), p.958-961
Main Author: Mathews, Gordon
Format: Review
Language:eng
Subjects:
Alternative approaches
Anthropology
Befu, Harumi
Clammer, John
Culture
Discourse analysis
Education
Globalization
Hegemony
Homogeneity
Human dignity
Inoue, Kyoko
Japan
Modernity
Modernization
Morality
Nonfiction
Review Essays
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Summary:Japan and Its Others: Globalization, Difference, and the Critique of Modernity. John Clammer. Japanese Society Series. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2001. 272 pp. Individual Dignity in Modern Japanese Thought: The Evolution of the Concept of Jinkaku in Moral and Educational Discourse. Kyoko Inoue. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2001. 262 pp. Hegemony of Homogeneity: An Anthropological Analysis of Nihonjinron. Harumi Befu. Japanese Society Series. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2001. 181 pp.
ISSN:0002-7294
1548-1433