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The nature of the Japanese state : rationality and rituality / Brian J. McVeigh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McVeigh, Brian J., author.
- Series:
- Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
- Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bureaucracy--Japan.
- Bureaucracy.
- Japan--Politics and government--1945-.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics.To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and yet at the same time a deeply ritualistic and ceremonial society. This adventurous new study demonstrates how these nominally conflicting impressions of Japan can be reconciled and a greater understanding of the state achieved.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to the reader; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: where rationality and rituality meet; 2. Demystifying a discourse: the misuses of"" Japanese culture"" and the production of rationality; 3. The bureaucratized self: public, private, and ""civil society"" in Japan; 4. Japan's government: the bureaucratic blurring of state and society; 5. Rationality, bureaucracy, and belief in the state
- 6. Japan's Ministry of Education: rationalizedschooling and the state7. The rationality of moral education: the state's visionof civil society; 8. Conclusion: lessons from Japan about state andsociety; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-136-22252-9
- 1-138-86303-3
- 1-315-00629-4
- 1-136-22245-6
- 9781315006291
- OCLC:
- 70763311
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