Individuality in Early Modern Japan: Thinking for Oneself

ISBN-13: 9781138308787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 188 str.

Peter Nosco

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Peter Nosco is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.