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Japenese Encounters With Postmod (Hardcover)
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Japenese Encounters With Postmod (Hardcover)
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This is the first systematic study of the sociological debate on
postmodernity in the Japanese context. The volume consists of a
collection of twelve papers that explore the idea of postmodernity
primarily from sociological perspectives, covering a wide range of
domains including work, feminism, communication, science and
technology, social stratification, fine arts and literature. The
contributors come from diverse disciplines ranging from sociology
and history to political science and linguistics. They include
advocates of postmodern theories and postmodernist analyses of
Japanese society, as well as critics who argue that a suitably
revised theory of modernity is still the most adequate framework
for comparing Japan and the West. Others take the view that an
intermediate position might be more productive and that a qualified
or provisional version of postmodernism can throw new light on
issues traditionally neglected by social theory. While the
postmodernity debate has been carried out chiefly in the context of
European and American experiences, this book paves the way for the
postmodernity question to be explored in the non-western but highly
industrialised setting of Japan, and brings forward a series of
open-ended questions about the bias in the debate. Written by
academics based in universities in Japan and Australia, the volume
itself is postmodern in its internal diversity and multicultural
orientation.
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