Japan, Turkey and the world of Islam : the writings of Selcuk Esenbel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esenbel, Selçuk, 1946-

Series:

Writings of ; v.3.

The writings of ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Turkey.

Islam.

Islam--Japan.

Islam--Relations.

Japan--Relations--Turkey.

Japan.

Turkey--Relations--Japan.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Other Title:

Writings of Selcuk Esenbel

Place of Publication:

Folkestone : Global Oriental, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Widely known for her writings on Islam with a particular focus on the transnational history of politics in Islam and Japan, this volume brings together twenty of the author’s key essays thematically structured as 'Japan and Islam', 'Japanese Ottoman Relations and Japanese-Turkish Interaction', and 'Reflections on Tokugawa Japan from Turkey'. Awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize for Japanese Studies in 2007, Selçuk Esenbel’s volume will provide an invaluable reference resource for current and future research in an increasingly important context.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Japan’s Global Claim to Asia and the World of Islam: Transnational Nationalism and World Power, 1900–1945

Japan and Islam Policy During the 1930's

The Legacy of the War and the World of Islam in Japanese Pan-Asian Discourse: Wakabayashi Han’s Kaikyō Sekai to Nihon

Maps in Our Mind: Chinese Coins, the Asian Muslim Network, the Japanese and the Transnational

A Transnational History of Revolution and Nationalism: Encounters between Japanese Asianists, the Turkish Revolution, and the World of Islam

Japanese Interest in the Ottoman Empire

A Fin de Siècle Japanese Romantic in Istanbul: The Life of Yamada Torajirō and His Toruko Gakan

The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War on Ottoman Turkey

Meiji Élite and Western Culture

The Anguish of Civilized Behavior: The Use of Western Cultural Forms in the Everyday Lives of the Meiji Japanese and the Ottoman Turks During the Nineteenth Century

A Comparison of Turkish and Japanese Attitudes Toward Modern National Identity

Remarks on the Modernization of Japan and Turkey in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Commentary for the General Discussion on Japan in a Comparative Perspective

Reflections on Japanese and Turkish Modernization and Global History

The Study of Local Administration in Early Modern Japan: The Case of Nakano Tenryō During the Tokugawa Period, 1637–1868

The Remembrance of the 1871 Nakano Uprising in Takayama as a Contemporary Trauma in Village Life Today

The People of Tokugawa Japan: The State of the Field in Early Modern Social / Economic History

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-68640-5

9786613663344

90-04-21277-9

OCLC:

833765529