Nationalisms of Japan : managing and mystifying identity / Brian J. McVeigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McVeigh, Brian J., author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Asia/Pacific/perspectives.

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Japan.

Nationalism.

Civilization.

Japan--Civilization--1868-.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 pages).

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2006.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.

Summary:

In this fresh and original analysis, Brian J. McVeigh 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. Highlighting the legacy of 'renovationism,' pluralism, and of identity among Japanese, this book will be an.

Contents:

14 Japan's Legacy of Modernity and Issues of Citizenship15 Internationalism, Extranationalism, and Renovationism; Appendix A Types of Corporations and Their Relevant Laws; Appendix B Procedure for Establishing a Public-Service Corporation; Appendix C Organization of Corporations; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

8 Ethnos Nationalism: State, Nation, and ""Race"" in a House of Mirrors9 State Cultural Nationalism: ""Cultural Policy"" -Aestheticizing the Nation and Nationalizing Aesthetics; Part IIl Popular and Nonofficial Nationalisms; 10 Popular Cultural Nationalism: Linking Ethnos, Aesthetics, Citizenship, and Progress; 11 Postimperial Ethnos Nationalism: Homogeneity, Uniqueness, and Peace; 12 Gendered Nationalism: Producing ""Good Wives-Wise Mothers""; 13 Mainstream and Marginal Nationalism: The Paradox of ""Japaneseness"" in the Mahikari Religious Movement; Part IV Final Thoughts

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to Reader; Part I Purposes and Premises; 1 Introduction; 2 The Ambiguity, Domains, and Degrees of Nationalism; 3 Historical Background of Japan's Nationalisms; 4 Renovationist Nationalism: The Self-Reinforcing Logic of Modernity and Japaneseness; 5 Nationalizing the State and Statizing the Nation; Part II State and Official Nationalisms; 6 Economic Nationalism: Developmentalism and Capitalist Nationalism; 7 Educational Nationalism: Reproducing Educational Dualism

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-42050-7

OCLC:

891396454