Tag Archives: nationalism

Book Announcement: Yasukuni Fundamentalism: Japanese Religions and the Politics of Restoration

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Paula

Yasukuni Fundamentalism: Japanese Religions and the Politics of Restoration Mark R. Mullins Although religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic “religions of the book,” this study examines the emergence of a fundamentalism rooted in the Shinto tradition … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Paula

A Transnational Critique of JapanesenessCultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in JapanYUKO KAWAI In this book, Yuko Kawai departs from the common conception of Japan as an ethnically homogenous nation. A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China

Posted on May 28, 2017 by LM

Via University of Washington Press: Down with Traitors: Justice and Nationalism in Wartime China YUN XIA $30.00S PAPERBACK (9780295742861) $90.00X HARDCOVER (9780295742854) PUBLISHED: December 2017 SUBJECT LISTING: Asian Studies / China; History; Law BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 344 pp., 1 bandw illus, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Paula

Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974 STEFAN HUEBNER The history of regional sporting events in 20th century Asia yields insights into Western and Asian perspectives on what defines modern Asia, and can be read as a staging … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Paula

Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan Oleg Benesch Oxford University Press. “Inventing the Way of the Samurai examines the development of the ‘way of the samurai’ – bushidō – which is popularly viewed as a defining … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Travis

Via H-Japan Heritage Management in Korea and Japan: The Politics of Antiquity and Identity Hyung Il-Pai December 2013 298 pp. ISBN: 9780295993058 Paperback $30.00 ISBN: 9780295993041 Hardcover $70.00 Publisher’s blurb, from University of Washington Press: Imperial tombs, Buddhist architecture, palaces, … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Shinto Studies in Prewar Japan and the West

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Paula

Bernhard Scheid, ed., with Kate Wildman Nakai Kami Ways in Nationalist Territory: Shinto Studies in Prewar Japan and the West. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2013. Publisher’s blurb: Shinto, literally the way of the kami (gods), is often regarded as Japan’s indigenous religion … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Making Tea, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Paula

By Kristin Surak “Elegantly written and extraordinarily argued.” –John A. Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology, McGill University “This is the tea book for which we have been waiting.  Surak introduces the embodied practice of making tea, but … Continue reading →

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Flying University of Transnational Humanities Summer School for Graduate Students and Young Scholars

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Paula

Flying University of Transnational Humanities Summer School for Graduate Students and Young Scholars July 15-18, 2012 Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea Introduction The Flying University of Transnational Humanities (FUTH) is an annual summer school for graduate students and young scholars interested … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Workshop: Rewriting History: Nationalism, Identity, and the Politics of the Past

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Paula

We encourage everyone to bring the following announcement for the AAS/SSRC joint dissertation workshop initiative planned for Toronto to your students’ attention. AAS/SSRC Dissertation Workshop Rewriting History: Nationalism, Identity, and the Politics of the Past Toronto, March 12-15, 2012 The … Continue reading →

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