Individuality in Early Modern Japan: Thinking for Oneself

ISBN-13: 9780367336875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 188 str.

Peter Nosco

Opis

This volume challenges several long-standing assumptions regarding Japanese society before the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

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.