Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory: From Individualization to Globalization in Japan Today

ISBN-13: 9780415671453 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 280 str.

Anthony Elliott; Masataka Katagiri; Atsushi Sawai

Opis

This title provides a detailed, systematic appraisal of the major traditions of social theory prominent in Japan today - from theories of identity and individualization to globalization studies.

Spis treści

Part 1: Traditions of Social Thought  1. Phenomenological Sociology in Japan and its Significance for Contemporary Social Research  2. Critical Theory and its Development in Post-War Japanese Sociology: Pursuing True Democracy in Rapid Capitalist Modernization  3. Japanese Psychoanalysis as Deciphering the Japanese Unconsciousness and Supporting the Japanese Subject  4. Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Thereafter  5. Acceptance of Beck’s Theory in Japan: From Environmental Risks to Individualization   Part 2: Issues in Japanese Social Theory  6. The Three Selves in Japanese Society: Individualized, Privatized, and Psychologized Selves  7. Japanese Feminist Social Theory and Gender Equality  8. Network, Community and Culture  9. Postmodernity  10. Globalization.  Afterword: Apollo’s Chariot