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Japan's Multilayered Democracy (Paperback): Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Nissim Otmazgin, Alon Levkowitz Japan's Multilayered Democracy (Paperback)
Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Nissim Otmazgin, Alon Levkowitz; Contributions by Lionel Babicz, Wered Ben-Sade, …
R1,347 Discovery Miles 13 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book introduces a multilayered approach to the study of democracy, combining specific knowledge of Japan with theoretical insights from the literature on democratization. It examines different aspects of Japanese democracy-historical, institutional, and sociocultural-to provide a conscious understanding of the nature and practice of democracy, both in Japan and beyond. The book's chapters give testimony to the dynamic nature and continuity of Japanese democracy and analyze its strengths and weaknesses. The central argument of this book is that Japan's democratization should be seen as a multilayered experience shaped by the gradual process of absorbing democratic ideas, forming democratic institutions, and practicing democratic behaviors and rituals at various levels of society. As the case of Japan shows, democracy is neither a structured formula nor only a set of democratic laws and institutions, but a continuous, gradual process.

Japan's Multilayered Democracy (Hardcover): Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Nissim Otmazgin, Alon Levkowitz Japan's Multilayered Democracy (Hardcover)
Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Nissim Otmazgin, Alon Levkowitz; Contributions by Lionel Babicz, Wered Ben-Sade, …
R2,826 Discovery Miles 28 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book introduces a multilayered approach to the study of democracy, combining specific knowledge of Japan with theoretical insights from the literature on democratization. It examines different aspects of Japanese democracy-historical, institutional, and sociocultural-to provide a conscious understanding of the nature and practice of democracy, both in Japan and beyond. The book's chapters give testimony to the dynamic nature and continuity of Japanese democracy and analyze its strengths and weaknesses. The central argument of this book is that Japan's democratization should be seen as a multilayered experience shaped by the gradual process of absorbing democratic ideas, forming democratic institutions, and practicing democratic behaviors and rituals at various levels of society. As the case of Japan shows, democracy is neither a structured formula nor only a set of democratic laws and institutions, but a continuous, gradual process.

Understanding the Impact of Social Research on the Military - Reflections and Critiques: Eyal Ben-Ari, Helena Carreiras, Celso... Understanding the Impact of Social Research on the Military - Reflections and Critiques
Eyal Ben-Ari, Helena Carreiras, Celso Castro
R1,253 Discovery Miles 12 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book seeks to chart and evaluate the impact of social research on the military itself. By "impact", the authors in this volume simply mean that which has a marked effect or influence on changing military policy, practices, knowledge, skills, behaviour, or living conditions. The book comprises a series of reflective contributions from scholars who have conducted research on the military as external scholars with no formal ties to the armed forces, as "native" researchers formally linked to them, as well as various kinds of contracted social scientists enabled by the military to carry out their investigations. The authors were asked to make the question of the impact of social scientific research on the armed forces an object of study in itself and to situate their reflections in terms of wider analytical questions. As a result, the chapters can be divided, broadly speaking, into two types of orientation: some are centered on theoretical and analytical issues, while others focus on the researchers’ lived experiences. This book will be of interest to students of military studies, sociology, organisational studies, psychology and political science.

Cultural Intermediaries in East Asian Film Industries: Eyal Ben-Ari, Heung Wah Wong Cultural Intermediaries in East Asian Film Industries
Eyal Ben-Ari, Heung Wah Wong
R1,254 Discovery Miles 12 540 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores the roles cultural intermediaries play in East Asian cinema. Based on extensive original research, and viewing cinema from the social science perspective which emphasizes the social processes entailed in the cultural production, circulation, and consumption of films and the social relations they involve, rather than studying films as texts, the book examines issues such as the differences between individual and collective intermediaries, the diverse resources and services that they mediate, their social background and targeted audiences, and the political implications of their work. One important conclusion is that cultural intermediaries have been central to creating the whole "idea" of East Asian cinema.

Unwrapping Japan - Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine Unwrapping Japan - Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine
R4,447 Discovery Miles 44 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in the literature published about Japan. Yet it seems that the more that is written about Japan and Japanism - its culture, society, people - the more mysterious it becomes. As well as exploring issues relating to advertising, tourism, women, festivals and the art world, the book depicts how the study of Japanese society contributes to anthropological theory and understanding. The editors use the term 'unwrapping' to provide insights into Japanese culture and relate these insights to broader problems and questions prevalent in contemporary anthropological discourse. The issues explored include the contribution of applied anthropology to theory; the relationship between tourism and nostalgia; the interplay of marginality and belonging; the role of advertising in gender relations; status in the art world and the place of Japanese genres of writing within anthropology texts.

Cultural Intermediaries in East Asian Film Industries (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari, Heung Wah Wong Cultural Intermediaries in East Asian Film Industries (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari, Heung Wah Wong
R3,996 R3,313 Discovery Miles 33 130 Save R683 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores the roles cultural intermediaries play in East Asian cinema. Based on extensive original research, and viewing cinema from the social science perspective which emphasizes the social processes entailed in the cultural production, circulation, and consumption of films and the social relations they involve, rather than studying films as texts, the book examines issues such as the differences between individual and collective intermediaries, the diverse resources and services that they mediate, their social background and targeted audiences, and the political implications of their work. One important conclusion is that cultural intermediaries have been central to creating the whole "idea" of East Asian cinema.

Mastering Soldiers - Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Army Unit (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Eyal Ben-Ari Mastering Soldiers - Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Army Unit (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R2,838 Discovery Miles 28 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role as participant observer. During the eight years he spent with his unit he focused primarily on such notions as "conflict", "the enemy", and "soldiering" because they are, he argues, the key points of reference for "what we are" and "what we are trying to do" and form the basis for interpreting the environment within which armies operate. Relying on the latest anthropological approaches to cognitive models and the social constructions of emotion and masculinity, the author offers an in-depth analysis of the dynamics that drive the men's attitudes and behavior, and a rare and fascinating insight into the reality of military life.

Changing Japanese Suburbia (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari Changing Japanese Suburbia (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R5,488 Discovery Miles 54 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Military Mission Formations and Hybrid Wars - New Sociological Perspectives (Hardcover): Thomas Vladimir Brond, Uzi Ben-Shalom,... Military Mission Formations and Hybrid Wars - New Sociological Perspectives (Hardcover)
Thomas Vladimir Brond, Uzi Ben-Shalom, Eyal Ben-Ari
R4,053 Discovery Miles 40 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume explores and develops new social-scientific tools for the analysis and understanding of contemporary military missions in theatre. Despite the advent of new types of armed conflict, the social-scientific study of militaries in action continues to focus on tools developed in the hey-day of conventional wars. These tools focus on such classic issues as cohesion and leadership, communication and unit dynamics, or discipline and motivation. While these issues continue to be important, most studies focus on organic units (up to and including brigades). By contrast, this volume suggests the utility of concepts related to mission formations - as opposed to 'units' or 'components' - to better capture the (ongoing) processual nature of the amalgamations and combinations that military involvement in conflicts necessitates. The study of these formations by the social sciences - sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science and organization science - requires the introduction of new analytical tools to the study of militaries in theatre. As such, this volume utilizes new approaches to social life, organizational dynamics and to armed violence to understand the place of the armed forces in contemporary conflicts and the new tasks they are assigned. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, sociology, security studies and International Relations in general.

Military Mission Formations and Hybrid Wars - New Sociological Perspectives (Paperback): Thomas Vladimir Brond, Uzi Ben-Shalom,... Military Mission Formations and Hybrid Wars - New Sociological Perspectives (Paperback)
Thomas Vladimir Brond, Uzi Ben-Shalom, Eyal Ben-Ari
R1,278 Discovery Miles 12 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume explores and develops new social-scientific tools for the analysis and understanding of contemporary military missions in theatre. Despite the advent of new types of armed conflict, the social-scientific study of militaries in action continues to focus on tools developed in the hey-day of conventional wars. These tools focus on such classic issues as cohesion and leadership, communication and unit dynamics, or discipline and motivation. While these issues continue to be important, most studies focus on organic units (up to and including brigades). By contrast, this volume suggests the utility of concepts related to mission formations - as opposed to 'units' or 'components' - to better capture the (ongoing) processual nature of the amalgamations and combinations that military involvement in conflicts necessitates. The study of these formations by the social sciences - sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science and organization science - requires the introduction of new analytical tools to the study of militaries in theatre. As such, this volume utilizes new approaches to social life, organizational dynamics and to armed violence to understand the place of the armed forces in contemporary conflicts and the new tasks they are assigned. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, sociology, security studies and International Relations in general.

Understanding the Impact of Social Research on the Military - Reflections and Critiques (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari, Helena... Understanding the Impact of Social Research on the Military - Reflections and Critiques (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari, Helena Carreiras, Celso Castro
R4,129 Discovery Miles 41 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book seeks to chart and evaluate the impact of social research on the military itself. By "impact", the authors in this volume simply mean that which has a marked effect or influence on changing military policy, practices, knowledge, skills, behaviour, or living conditions. The book comprises a series of reflective contributions from scholars who have conducted research on the military as external scholars with no formal ties to the armed forces, as "native" researchers formally linked to them, as well as various kinds of contracted social scientists enabled by the military to carry out their investigations. The authors were asked to make the question of the impact of social scientific research on the armed forces an object of study in itself and to situate their reflections in terms of wider analytical questions. As a result, the chapters can be divided, broadly speaking, into two types of orientation: some are centered on theoretical and analytical issues, while others focus on the researchers' lived experiences. This book will be of interest to students of military studies, sociology, organisational studies, psychology and political science.

Japanese Visual Media - Politicizing the Screen (Hardcover): Jennifer Coates, Eyal Ben-Ari Japanese Visual Media - Politicizing the Screen (Hardcover)
Jennifer Coates, Eyal Ben-Ari
R4,144 Discovery Miles 41 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book uncovers and explains the ways by which politics is naturalized and denaturalized, and familiarized and de-familiarized through popular media. It explores the tensions between state actors such as censors, politicized and nonpoliticized audiences, and visual media creators, at various points in the history of Japanese visual media. It offers new research on a wide array of visual media texts including classical narrative cinema, television, documentary film, manga, and animated film. It spans the militarized decades of the 1930s and 1940s, through the Asia Pacific War into the present day, and demonstrates how processes of politicization and depoliticization should be understood as part of wider historical developments including Japan's postwar devastation and poverty, subsequent rapid modernization and urbanization, and the aging population and economic struggles of the twenty-first century.

Contemporary Military Reserves - Between the Civilian and Military Worlds (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari, Vincent Connelly Contemporary Military Reserves - Between the Civilian and Military Worlds (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari, Vincent Connelly
R3,844 Discovery Miles 38 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a comparative study of military reserves in contemporary democracies. A combination of budgetary pressures, new missions and emerging military roles during the past three decades has led the armed forces of democracies to rethink the training and use of reserve forces. Moreover, reservists have become central to the armed forces as part of moves towards "total" or "comprehensive" defense. Despite this, a scholarly bias towards studying regulars and conscripts means that reservists and reserve soldiers continue to receive only marginal attention. This volume fills that lacuna through a series of country studies examining how best to understand the peculiarities of reservist service. In contrast to regulars and conscripts, reservists are marked by their dual management of civilian and military careers, different family dynamics, diverse motivations and commitment to the armed forces, the material and non-material incentives they are offered, and their place in the political sphere. This volume suggests two frames to make sense of such differences: first, it looks at reservists as "transmigrants" traveling between the military and civilian worlds; and, second, it analyzes the multiple informal "contracts" and negotiations that bind them to the military. All the chapters adopt these conceptualizations, granting the volume a common focus and integrative frame. The volume will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, civil-military relations, sociology and International Relations.

Japanese Childcare - An Interpretive Study of Culture and Organization (Paperback): Eyal Ben-Ari Japanese Childcare - An Interpretive Study of Culture and Organization (Paperback)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R964 Discovery Miles 9 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1997. This book represents an analysis of Japanese preschools as organizations, as administrative frameworks. This volume tackles this set of themes by examining one such institution: Katsura Hoikuen (Day-Care Center). Based on fieldwork carried out in the summer of 1988, and for a short period in October 1994, my perspective is basically ethnographic in its approach.

Changing Japanese Suburbia (Paperback): Eyal Ben-Ari Changing Japanese Suburbia (Paperback)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R1,427 Discovery Miles 14 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Civil-Military Relations in Israel - Essays in Honor of Stuart A. Cohen (Hardcover): Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Aharon Kampinsky Civil-Military Relations in Israel - Essays in Honor of Stuart A. Cohen (Hardcover)
Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Aharon Kampinsky; Contributions by Oren Barak, Eyal Ben-Ari, Amichai Cohen, …
R2,828 Discovery Miles 28 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, a collection of essays in honor of Stuart Cohen, examines a variety of issues in the civil military relations (CMR) in Israel and abroad. Beyond honoring Cohen s work, this collection makes a substantial contribution to the field for a number of reasons. First, it brings together prominent scholars from different disciplines in the field, from both Israel and abroad, sketching its boundaries. The chapters in the collection deal with a variety of issues, theoretical and empirical, including topics that are usually neglected in English works, such as the control the military in Israel has on building construction permits in the civilian sector and the relations between the security establishment and the judicial system. Other chapters offer new theoretical perspectives such as the context within which Israeli CMR should be examined, and a more general look at the focus of CMR. Second, it allows non-Hebrew speaking scholars and laypersons alike a better idea of what the main issues in the field of civil military relations in Israel are today. There are very few good volumes on this topic in English that do not focus on a single aspect of civil military relations in Israel. This book will allow university professors and laypersons to access quality scholarship while still offering a broad spectrum of topics."

Japan in Singapore - Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows (Paperback): Eyal Ben-Ari, John Clammer Japan in Singapore - Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows (Paperback)
Eyal Ben-Ari, John Clammer
R1,092 R994 Discovery Miles 9 940 Save R98 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Japanese impact on Southeast Asia has been profound, not only in terms of economic presence, but equally in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence. Food, fashion, TV, film, religion, sport, popular music, ideas about management and social relationships and even local literatures have been profoundly impacted by the flows of cultural influences from Japan. This volume examines these flows and their consequences in Singapore, a Southeast Asian society in which the Japanese presence is so visible as to make it a regional paradigm for a study of cultural influence in the region.

Unwrapping Japan - Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective (Paperback): Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine Unwrapping Japan - Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective (Paperback)
Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine
R1,414 Discovery Miles 14 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in the literature published about Japan. Yet it seems that the more that is written about Japan and Japanism - its culture, society, people - the more mysterious it becomes. As well as exploring issues relating to advertising, tourism, women, festivals and the art world, the book depicts how the study of Japanese society contributes to anthropological theory and understanding. The editors use the term 'unwrapping' to provide insights into Japanese culture and relate these insights to broader problems and questions prevalent in contemporary anthropological discourse. The issues explored include the contribution of applied anthropology to theory; the relationship between tourism and nostalgia; the interplay of marginality and belonging; the role of advertising in gender relations; status in the art world and the place of Japanese genres of writing within anthropology texts.

Mastering Soldiers - Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Army Unit (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Eyal Ben-Ari Mastering Soldiers - Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Army Unit (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role as participant observer. During the eight years he spent with his unit he focused primarily on such notions as "conflict", "the enemy", and "soldiering" because they are, he argues, the key points of reference for "what we are" and "what we are trying to do" and form the basis for interpreting the environment within which armies operate. Relying on the latest anthropological approaches to cognitive models and the social constructions of emotion and masculinity, the author offers an in-depth analysis of the dynamics that drive the men's attitudes and behavior, and a rare and fascinating insight into the reality of military life.

Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia (Hardcover): Nissim Otmazgin, Eyal Ben-Ari Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia (Hardcover)
Nissim Otmazgin, Eyal Ben-Ari
R4,593 Discovery Miles 45 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume examines the relations between popular culture production and export and the state in East and Southeast Asia including the urban centres and middle-classes of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, and the Philippines. It addresses the shift in official thinking toward the role of popular culture in the political life of states brought about by the massive circulation of cultural commodities and the possibilities for attaining "soft power." In contrast to earlier studies, this volume pays particular attention to the role of states and cross-state cultural interactions in these processes. It is the first major attempt to look at these issues comparatively and to provide an important corrective to the limitations of existing scholarship on popular culture in Asia that have usually neglected its political aspects. As part of this move, the essays in this volume suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. Hitherto, the preponderance of relevant studies has been in cultural and media fields, anthropology or history. Here the contributors explicitly draw on other disciplinary perspectives ? political science and international relations, political economy, law, and policy studies ? to explore the complex interrelationships between the state, politics and economics, and popular culture.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian culture, society and politics, the sociology of culture, political science and media studies.

Asian Anthropology (Paperback): Jan van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas Asian Anthropology (Paperback)
Jan van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed and continue to develop according to their own internal dynamics. With chapters written by an international group of experts in the field, Asian Anthropology will be a useful teaching tool and a valuable resource for scholars working in Asian anthropology.

Asian Anthropology (Hardcover): Jan van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas Asian Anthropology (Hardcover)
Jan van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas
R4,139 Discovery Miles 41 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Asian Anthropology" raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology, and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed and continue to develop according to their own internal dynamics. They then go to analyse what the consequences of this complex amalgamation of factors have been for anthropological knowledge and practice in these countries.
With chapters written by an international group of experts in the field, "Asian Anthropology" will be a useful teaching tool and a fascinating resource for scholars working in Asian anthropology.

Japan in Singapore - Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari, John Clammer Japan in Singapore - Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari, John Clammer
R2,801 Discovery Miles 28 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Japanese impact on Southeast Asia has been profound, not only in terms of economic presence, but equally in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence. Food, fashion, TV, film, religion, sport, popular music, ideas about management and social relationships and even local literatures have been profoundly impacted by the flows of cultural influences from Japan. This volume examines these flows and their consequences in Singapore, a Southeast Asian society in which the Japanese presence is so visible as to make it a regional paradigm for a study of cultural influence in the region.

Military, State, and Society in Israel - Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (Paperback): Eyal Ben-Ari Military, State, and Society in Israel - Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (Paperback)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There have been many books on the place of war, security, or military service in Israeli society. The Military, State, and Society in Israel makes contributions to the debate-theoretical, empirical, and polemical-that are related to the Israeli case and to wider debates about the place of war and the military in contemporary industrialized societies. The Israeli case is important in the development of more macro approaches to the study of "things military" as war has played a central role in Israel's history and continues to do so. The book encapsulates in a very explicit manner tensions in the relationships between the military, state, and society and stands at the core of contemporary debates between two fundamental approaches to the study of the relations between the military society and the state: the "armed forces and society" school and the "state-making and war" perspective.Contemporary Israel is the site of debates about many of the fundamental assumptions that have undergirded the Jewish nation-state: the ethnic character of nationhood and statehood; the role of the Jewish diaspora vis-O-vis Israel; the legitimacy of Jewish "ethnic pluralism"; the meaning of the Holocaust; privatization of social life and the spread of consumerism; and weakening of the centralized state as the agent of social transformation affecting housing, language, health, technology, production, dress, and child-rearing. One important consequence of these internal conflicts and struggles has been a significant erosion in the almost sacred status once enjoyed by state institutions, and especially the military, among the majority of Jewish population."Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives," situates Israel in its wider theoretical and comparative context and shows how the study of Israel contributes to the theoretical understanding of contemporary changes in civil-military relations. "The Politics of Civil-Military Relations," concentrates on current changes in Israeli politics, the character of the conflict with the Palestinians, and the place of military in society. "The State and War-Making-Creating Citizens, Soldiers, and Men and Women," indicates how war and the military are not only instruments for state-making, but are also important factors in the formation of individual identities. "The Notion of 'National Security'-Institutions and Concepts," raises the basic question of whether the institutional mechanisms and the strategic conceptions crystallized during the first 50 years of Israel's existence are still relevant in a changing post-cold war world. "The Armed Forces as Organization, Continuity and Change," focuses on the lines of continuity and trends of change in several aspects of the Israeli Defense Forces' internal organizational structure.Studies based on Israeli cases, data, and scholarship have been central to the development of expertise in such fields as applied psychology and psychotherapy. This volume contributes to these areas of study, and will be of central importance to professionals interested in civil-military.

Japanese Encounters - The Structure and Dynamics of Cultural Frames (Hardcover): Eyal Ben-Ari Japanese Encounters - The Structure and Dynamics of Cultural Frames (Hardcover)
Eyal Ben-Ari
R4,440 Discovery Miles 44 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the multiplicity of special times and spaces in Japan within which people get together to decide, celebrate or play, in gatherings such as organizational meetings, community festivities, preschool games or drinking bouts. It analyzes these gatherings in relation to the theoretical model of sociocultural frames, examining how such occasions are put together, their unfolding stages, interactive encounters, and relations between participants and the wider social and cultural contexts. It considers the cognitive, emotional and behavioural dimensions, the scope for manipulation and the effects, intentional and unintentional, on participants and the connections to the ways in which in society and culture change. Overall, besides describing specific rites and ceremonies in Japan, the book provides great insights into the process whereby the interactions, feelings and action of individuals and groups shape popular culture.

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