Academic nations in China and Japan : framed in concepts of nature, culture and the universal
Title:
Academic nations in China and Japan : framed in concepts of nature, culture and the universal
Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese studies series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
Author:
Sleeboom-Faulkner, Margaret, 1961-
ISBN:
9780415315456
9780415864497
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Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Physical Description:
xvi, 220 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese studies series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
Contents:
Framing the nation -- Introduction: Framing the nation in China and Japan -- The power of national symbols: The might of a Chinese dragon -- The coherent force of struggle and diversity in Chinese nationalism -- Group categorization -- Natural categorization -- Culturalist categorization -- Global categorization -- Group-framing habits and strategies -- Grouping.
Abstract:
"Margaret Sleeboom carefully analyses the role the nation state plays in Chinese and Japanese academic theory, demonstrating how nation-centric blinkers often force academics to define social, cultural and economic issues as unique to a certain regional grouping. The book shows how this in turn contributes to the consolidating of national identity while identifying the complex and unintended effects of historical processes and the role played by other local, personal and universal identities which are usually discarded.
While this book primarily reveals how academic nations are conceptualized through views of nature, culture and science, the author simultaneously identifies comparable problems concerning the relation between social science research and the development of the nation state. This book will appeal to not only Asianists but also those with research interests in cultural studies, Japanology and Sinology."--Jacket.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003010022.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2003010022-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2003010022-d.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003010022-d.html
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-213) and index.
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