Myth of Japanese Uniqueness (Routledge Revivals)

Peter Dale

ISBN 10: 0415681235 / ISBN 13: 9780415681230

Published by Routledge, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The 'nihonjinron' is a body of writing and thought which constitutes a major and highly thought of academic industry in Japan. It analyses the Japanese identity and presupposes that the Japanese differ radically from other people in their make-up. It believes that their uniqueness is due to linguistic, sociological and philosophical differences.First published in 1988, this book is a critical analysis of the thought on which the 'nihonjinron' is based. Placing particular emphasis upon psychoanalysis, which constitutes the centrepiece of the book, Peter Dale reasons that the 'nihonjinron' should be treated as a mythological system.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Myth of Japanese Uniqueness (Routledge Revivals)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415681235
• ISBN 13: 9780415681230
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 14D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 322 grams

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Synopsis

The ‘nihonjinron’ is a body of writing and thought which constitutes a major and highly thought of academic industry in Japan. It analyses the Japanese identity and presupposes that the Japanese differ radically from other people in their make-up. It believes that their uniqueness is due to linguistic, sociological and philosophical differences.

First published in 1988, this book is a critical analysis of the thought on which the ‘nihonjinron’ is based. Placing particular emphasis upon psychoanalysis, which constitutes the centrepiece of the book, Peter Dale reasons that the ‘nihonjinron’ should be treated as a mythological system.

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Peter Dale