ISBN:
9780415315456
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (241 p.)
Series Statement:
Nissan Institute / Routledge Japanese Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Academic Nations in China and Japan : Framed by Concepts of Nature, Culture and the Universal
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Chinese and Japanese people's descriptions of themselves and each other differ vastly and contrast starkly with Western perceptions. This book explores human categories and how academics classify themselves and the world
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Abbreviations; Framing the nation; Introduction: Framing the nation in China and Japan; The power of national symbols: The might of a Chinese dragon; The coherent force of struggle and diversity in Chinese nationalism; Group categorization; Natural categorization; Culturalist categorization; Global categorization; Group-framing habits and strategies; Grouping; Framing the nation in the short history of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken, 1987 )
Description / Table of Contents:
Nation-centred political strategies in academic thought: Examples from China and JapanNation-framing as an academic strategy in the PRC; Core themes and an outlook on future research; Joint research, Nichibunken (19880 96); General research meetings, Nichibunken; Fields of basic research; Glossary; Notes; References; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
