The nature of the Japanese state : rationality and rituality
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Bibliographic Information
The nature of the Japanese state : rationality and rituality
(The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series)
Routledge, 2014, c1998
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [229]-251
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the role of bureaucracy in Japanese politics.
To many in the West, Japan appears as a paradox: a rational, high-tech economic superpower and yet at the same time a deeply ritualistic and ceremonial society. This adventurous new study demonstrates how these nominally conflicting impressions of Japan can be reconciled and a greater understanding of the state achieved.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Demystifying a discourse
- Chapter 3 The bureaucratized self
- Chapter 4 JapanaEURO (TM)s government
- Chapter 5 ::
- Chapter 6 JapanaEURO (TM)s Ministry of Education
- Chapter 7 The rationality of moral education
- Chapter 8 Conclusion
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