Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism
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Book details
- Author
- Harry D. Harootunian
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Japan
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780226317076
- ISBN-10
- 0226317072
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism
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ISBN: 0226317072
Author: Harootunian, Harry D.
Condition: New
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 discourse and shows how it functioned ideologically in Tokugawa Japan.
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