Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary Japan: A Sociological Enquiry

Contents : List of tables Acknowledgements Note on Japanese narne ind works cited 1 Introduction 2 The nihonjinron: thinking elites' ideas of Japanese uniqueness 3 Ideas of national distinctiveness: comparative perspectives 4 Theories of ethnicity and nationalism: a critical review 5 Modern Japanese society as Gemeinschaft: the holistic tradition in theories of modern Japan 6 Perceptions of Japanese uniqueness among educators and businessmen 104 7 The diffusion of ideas of Japanese uniqueness: the response of educators and businessmen to the nihonjinron 8 Leading business elites, nationalism and cultural nationalism 9 Explanations of the nihonjinron 10 Resurgent cultural nationalism' and 'prudent revivalist nationalism' Notes Bibliograph Index