Academic Nations in China and Japan : Framed by Concepts of Nature, Culture and the Universal.

The descriptions Chinese and Japanese people attribute to themselves and to each other differ vastly and stand in stark contrast to Western perceptions that usually identify a 'similar disposition' between the two nations. Academic Nationals in China and Japan explores human categories, ho...

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Author / Creator: Sleeboom, Margaret.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Richmond : Taylor & Francis Group, 2003.
Series:Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Framing the Nation
  • 1. Introduction: Framing the Nation in China and Japan
  • 2. The Power of National Symbols: The Might of a Chinese Dragon
  • 3. The Coherent Force of Struggle and Diversity in Chinese Nationalism
  • Part II. Group Categorization
  • 5. Culturalist Categorization
  • 6. Global Categorization
  • Part III. Group Framing Habits and Strategies
  • 7. Grouping
  • 8. Framing the Nation in the Short History of the International research Centre for Japanese Culture (Nichibunken, 1987 - )
  • 9. Nation-Centred Political Strategies in Academic Thought, Examples from China and Japan
  • 10. Nation Framing as an Academic Strategy in the PRC
  • 11. Core Themes and an Outlook on Future Research