Social theory and Japanese experience : the dual civilization /: the dual civilization. ([2013?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Johann P. Arnason.
• Authors: Árnason, Jóhann Páll, 1940-
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note on names and orthography; Abbreviations of Journal titles; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The Civilizational Background; 1 Japan in Context: The West, the East and the Far East; The Oriental horizon; The Weberian Orient; The Chinese world; 2 Cultural Patterns and Civilizational Complexes; From unity to diversity; The axial breakthrough: Parallels and divergences; 3 The Constitution of the Japanese Tradition; Max Weber on Japan; The seventh-century transformation, 1: strategy and structure. The seventh-century transformation, 2: invention and paradigmComparative approaches to Japanese religion; Part II Court, Domain and State; 4 Japan and Europe; The question of feudalism; Secondary state formation; 5 Decomposition and Reconstruction; The military counter-state; The long sixteenth century; Part III The Tokugawa Synthesis; 6 Pseudo-archaism and Proto-modernity; Tokugawa state-building; Authority and legitimacy; 7 Crisis, Containment and Transformation; Growth within limits; New visions of order; State power and samurai privilege; Repositioning Japan. Part IV Japanese Patterns of Modernity8 Theoretical Perspectives; Differentiation and integration; The Japanese constellation; 9 Modernization and Westernization; The Meiji transformation; Bureaucracy, nationalism and democracy; 10 The Japanese Reinvention of Capitalism; Industrial revolution and imperial expansion; The genealogy of the developmental state; Notes; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 952; East and West; HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan; Civilization; Civilization -- Western influences; East and West; Social conditions; Cultuur; Maatschappij; Staatsvorming; Tokoegawa-periode; Vergelijkend onderzoek; Japan -- Civilization -- 1600-1868; Japan -- Civilization -- 1868-1912; Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences; Japan -- Social conditions -- 1600-1868; Japan -- Social conditions -- 1868-1912; Japan; Japon -- Civilisation -- 1600-1868; Japon -- Civilisation -- 1868-1912; Japon -- Civilisation -- Influence occidentale; Orient et Occident; Japon -- Conditions sociales -- 1600-1868; Japon -- Conditions sociales -- 1868-1912; Japon -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1600-1868; Japon -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1868-1912; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317793120; 1317793129
• Related ISBNs: 9780710304858; 0710304854
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.