Christopher Goto-Jones, Professor of Modern Japan Studies, University of Leiden
Looks at many contemporary concerns and issues in Japan - exploring its history, economy, politics, and culture
Examines what it means to call Japan a 'modern' society, and what 'modern' has meant to the Japanese
Debunks many myths, for example explaining how Japan was never completely isolated from the outside world: even during the long period of so-called sakoku (isolationism, 1601-1853)
Examines the continuity between pre-Pacific War Japan, and post-war Japan
Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all the way through to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains something of an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture.
Readership: Anyone with an interest in modern Japan, including tourists, policymakers, business people, students, and academics. The book is a quick way to get up to speed on debates on modern Japan without having to tackle a lot of specialist literature.
这其实算我解答疑惑的一本书,自从看了《菊与刀》这本人类学著作后,就对日本在二战后的发展十分感兴趣。 《菊与刀》着重将日本人刻画成矛盾的结合体:即忠诚又背叛,即坚忍同时又反抗,即热爱艺术怀有浪漫气息,又充满了残忍狡诈的勇武。日本人的性格被凝...
評分作为毗邻中国的日本,我们真的有深入的研究了解过他的历史吗?同源文化衍生出如此大相庭径的当代社会,让人不禁感叹,所谓社会的现代性,导致因素更多的是代表工业革命的西方性还是源于东亚文化的武士道精神及神道教的文化因素?好像已经很久没有看过学术性的小册子,谈不上通...
評分才看到麦克阿瑟治理时期,先记两笔。 第一次看关于日本的书,终于弄明白了很多年来都很迷惑的织田信长/丰臣秀吉/德川家康到底谁是开国一代的问题。织田信长结束了战国时代,但是拒绝天皇册封其为征夷大将军,试图完全自立。他的家臣秀吉凭借个人能力在他死后掌握大权,他试图让...
評分这本书让我对历史兴趣大增啊!逻辑简单清晰,就是流水账形式,呈现日本从19世纪中叶被美国人打开关门从而被迫卷入现代化,到如今进入21世纪,近200年的现代化历程。这种宏大的叙事视角使书读起来特别爽啊!有种上帝视角的蜜汁错觉啊! 这本书读完对于1853年以后每个历史阶段的...
評分作为牛津通识系列的简要读本,这本书围绕“日本的现代性过程”这一母题对日本自战国时期到今天的历史进行了一次整体梳理。阅读过程里,虽然可以借助中日之外的第三方视角看到二战期间一些事件的全貌,但整体而言我并没有理解这本书的核心,即日本是如何走向现代的以及现代日本...
導論對「現代」的概念很清晰,不賣弄,值得參考。
评分一邊追趕西方列強,一邊追尋大和精神,日本人民最終得瞭精神分裂癥~
评分好歹學到點知識
评分凡是介紹日本的入門級讀物都喜歡強調日本的矛盾性。
评分雖然是寫日本,導論部分對什麼是現代的探討,對東方,西方,現代,傳統之間糾結關係的思考,對中國以及其他非西方國傢都是適用的。能不拽抽象的大詞把這些問題說清楚,很瞭不起。
本站所有內容均為互聯網搜索引擎提供的公開搜索信息,本站不存儲任何數據與內容,任何內容與數據均與本站無關,如有需要請聯繫相關搜索引擎包括但不限於百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 qciss.net All Rights Reserved. 小哈圖書下載中心 版权所有