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Tag Archives: Japanese society
Book Announcement: Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017): The Boomerang Flying Transnational
Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017): The Boomerang Flying Transnational By Kevin Coogan, Claudia Derichs Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957–2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, book, book announcement, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese politics, Japanese society, leftist, New Left, politics, voting
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Book Announcement: Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts
Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts Edited by Fabio Rambelli & Or Porath In premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by consecration rituals … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Buddhism, culture, Japanese culture, Japanese society, premodern, premodern Japan, religious studies, ritual, Shinto, shugendo, society
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Book Announcement: Church Space and the Capital in Prewar Japan
Church Space and the Capital in Prewar Japan Garrett L. Washington Christians have never even constituted one percent of Japan’s population, yet Christianity had a disproportionately large influence on Japan’s social, intellectual, and political development. This happened despite the Tokugawa … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, government, history, Japan, Japanese history, Japanese society, meiji, politics, prewar, prewar Japan, religious studies
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Book Announcement: Tenkō: Cultures of Political Conversion in Transwar Japan
Tenkō: Cultures of Political Conversion in Transwar Japan Edited By Irena Hayter, George T. Sipos, Mark Williams This book approaches the concept of tenkō (political conversion) as a response to the global crisis of interwar modernity, as opposed to a distinctly Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged Communist Party, culture, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese politics, Japanese society, Marxism, politics, society
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Book Announcement: Rethinking Locality in Japan
Rethinking Locality in Japan Edited By Sonja Ganseforth, Hanno Jentzsch This book inquires what is meant when we say “local” and what “local” means in the Japanese context. Through the window of locality, it enhances an understanding of broader political … Continue reading
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Tagged demography, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese society, locality, society
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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Fellow (Project Researcher), University of Tokyo, Tokyo College
Tokyo College is looking to invite researchers from broad range of fields under the research theme, “The Earth and Human Society in 2050”, and carry out interdisciplinary collaboration to contribute to the realization of sustainable and inclusive future of humanity. … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Thought Crime: Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan
Thought Crime: Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan Max M. Ward In Thought Crime Max M. Ward explores the Japanese state’s efforts to suppress political radicalism in the 1920s and 1930s. Ward traces the evolution of an antiradical law called the … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japanese history, Japanese society, law, modern Japan, radicalism, Taisho Japan
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Book Announcement: Uneven Moments: Reflections on Japan’s Modern History
Uneven Moments Reflections on Japan’s Modern History Harry Harootunian Columbia University Press Few scholars have done more than Harry Harootunian to shape the study of modern Japan. Incorporating Marxist critical perspectives on history and theoretically informed insights, his scholarship has … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Japanese society, japanese studies, modern Japan, modern Japanese history, politics, society
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Book Announcement: Zainichi Korean Women in Japan: Voices
Zainichi Korean Women in Japan: Voices by Jackie Kim-Wachutka. https://www.routledge.com/p/book/9781138584853 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KTH39XD Description Presenting the voices of a unique group within contemporary Japanese society—Zainichi women—this book provides a fresh insight into their experiences of oppression and marginalization that over time … Continue reading
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Tagged community, ethnography, history, Japan, Japanese society, Korea, society, women, women's history, WWII, zainichi
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Book Announcement: Japan at the Crossroads
Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo Nick Kapur —- In spring of 1960, Japan’s government passed Anpo, a revision of the postwar treaty that allows the United States to maintain a military presence in Japan. This move … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, history, Japanese history, Japanese society, modern, modern history, modern Japan, politics, protest, society
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