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This is a systematic study of the sociological debate on postmodernity in the Japanese context. The volume consists of a collection of 12 papers that explore the idea of postmodernity primarily from sociological perspectives, covering a wide range of domains including work, feminism, communication, science and technology, social stratification, fine arts and literature.
List of contents
1 INTRODUCTION 2 THEORY Modernity, Postmodernity and the Japanese Experience 3 WORK Postmodernism or Ultra-modernism: The Japanese Dilemma at Work 4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Is Japanese Capitalism Post-Fordist? 5 GENDER Equal Opportunity and Gender Identity: Feminist Encounters with Modernity and Postmodernity in Japan 6 SCIENCE Fuzzy Logic: Science, Technology and Postmodernity in Japan 7 LITERATURE Questioning Modernism and Postmodernism in Japanese Literature 8 FINE ARTS The Conditions for Postmodernity in Japanese Art of the 1980s 9 COMMUNICATION Modernisation and Post-modernisation of the Japanese System of Communication Changing Status Perceptions in Contemporary Japan: A Debate on Modernity and Postmodernity 11 POLITICS The Japanese Postmodern Political Condition 12 JAPANESE STUDIES Nihonjinron at the End of the Twentieth Century: A Multicultural Perspective
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Johann Arnason and Yoshio Sugimoto, Professors of Sociology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Summary
This is a systematic study of the sociological debate on postmodernity in the Japanese context. The volume consists of a collection of 12 papers that explore the idea of postmodernity primarily from sociological perspectives, covering a wide range of domains including work, feminism, communication, science and technology, social stratification, fine arts and literature.
