Postmodernism and Japan

"Postmodernism and Japan" is a coherent yet diverse study of the dynamics of postmodernism, as described by Lyotard, Baudrillard, Deleuze, and Guatarri, from the often startling perspective of a society bent on transforming itself into the image of Western "enlightenment" wealth and power. This work provides a unique view of a society in transition and confronting, like its models in the West, the problems induced by the introduction of new forms of knowledge, modes of production, and social relationships.

Sommario

Introduction / Masao Miyoshi and H. D. Harootunian vii

Note on Japanese Names xxii

On Culture and Technology in Postmodern Japan / Tetsuo Najita 3

Critical Texts, Mass Artifacts: The Consumption of Knowledge in Postmodern Japan / Marilyn Ivy 21

Of City, Nation, and Style / Isozaki Arata 47

Visible Discourses/Invisible Ideologies / H. D. Harootunian 63

Modernity and Its Critique: The Problem of Universalism and Particularism / Naoki Sakai 93

Maruyama Masao and the Incomplete Project of Modernity / J. Victor Koschmann 123

Against the Native Grain: The Japanese Novel and the "Postmodern" West / Masao Miyoshi 143

Somehow: The Postmodern as Atmosphere / Norma Field 169

Japan's Dual Identity: A Writer's Dilemma / ¿e Kenzabur¿ 189

Suicide and the Japanese Postmodern: A Postnarrative Paradigm? / Alan Wolfe 215

Karatani K¿jin's Origins of Modern Japanese Literature / Brett De Bary 235

Infantile Capitalism and Japan's Postmodernism: A Fairy Tale / Asada Akira 273

Picturing Japan: Reflections on the Workshop / Stephen Melville 279

Glossary 289

Notes on Contributors 297

Index 299

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Masao Miyoshi
• Con la collaborazione di: Harry Harootunian (Editore), Masao Miyoshi (Editore)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.07.1989
• EAN: 9780822308966
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-0896-6
• Pagine: 312
• Dimensioni: 149 mm x 228 mm x 27 mm
• Peso: 521 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Japan, History - General History, HISTORY / Asia / Japan