Things Seen and Unseen Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism |
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| Author:
| Harootunian, Harry D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-31707-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1988 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $92.95 |
Book Description:
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This long-awaited work explores the place of
kokugaku (rendered here as "nativism") during Japan's Tokugawa period.
Kokugaku, the sense of a distinct and sacred Japanese identity, appeared in the eighteenth century in reaction to the pervasive influence of Chinese culture on Japan. Against this influence, nativists sought a Japanese sense of difference grounded in folk tradition, agricultural values, and ancient Japanese religion. H. D. Harootunian treats nativism as a...
More DescriptionThis long-awaited work explores the place of kokugaku (rendered here as "nativism") during Japan's Tokugawa period. Kokugaku, the sense of a distinct and sacred Japanese identity, appeared in the eighteenth century in reaction to the pervasive influence of Chinese culture on Japan. Against this influence, nativists sought a Japanese sense of difference grounded in folk tradition, agricultural values, and ancient Japanese religion. H. D. Harootunian treats nativism as a discourse and shows how it functioned ideologically in Tokugawa Japan.