This volume challenges several long-standing assumptions regarding Japanese society before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The author presents evidence of far higher degrees of individuality in early modern Japan than has heretofore been acknowledged, and a thought-provoking Afterword examines how these same aspects of individuality are faring in today's Japan.
This volume challenges several long-standing assumptions regarding Japanese society before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The author presents evidence of far higher degrees of individuality in early modern Japan than has heretofore been acknowledged, and a thought-provoking Afterword examines how these same aspects of individuality are faring in today's Japan.
Peter Nosco is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Creating a Context for Thinking for Oneself 2. Identity and Orientation 3. Self-interest, Protest, and the Public Sphere 4. Secrecy and Privacy in Religious Faith and Practice 5. Self-Cultivation, Salon Culture, and the Private Academy 6. Well-being and the Pursuit of Happiness 7. Values 8. Conclusions: Individuality in Early Modern Japan. Afterword: Aspects of and Resistance to Individuality in Contemporary Japan
1. Introduction: Creating a Context for Thinking for Oneself 2. Identity and Orientation 3. Self-interest, Protest, and the Public Sphere 4. Secrecy and Privacy in Religious Faith and Practice 5. Self-Cultivation, Salon Culture, and the Private Academy 6. Well-being and the Pursuit of Happiness 7. Values 8. Conclusions: Individuality in Early Modern Japan. Afterword: Aspects of and Resistance to Individuality in Contemporary Japan
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