Things Seen and Unseen - Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism

This long-awaited work explores the place of "kokugaku" (rendered here as "nativism") during Japan's Tokugawa period. "Kokugaku," the sense of a distinct and sacred Japanese identity, appeared in the eighteenth century in reaction to the pervasive influence of Chinese culture on Japan. Against this influence, nativists sought a Japanese sense of difference grounded in folk tradition, agricultural values, and ancient Japanese religion. H. D. Harootunian treats nativism as a discourse and shows how it functioned ideologically in Tokugawa Japan.

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• Authors: H. D. Harootunian, H.d. Harootunian, Harry D. Harootunian
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1988
• EAN: 9780226317076
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31707-6
• No. of pages: 508
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 153 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 714 g
• Series: Discourse and Ideology in Toku
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous