Christopher Goto-Jones, Professor of Modern Japan Studies, University of Leiden
Looks at many contemporary concerns and issues in Japan - exploring its history, economy, politics, and culture
Examines what it means to call Japan a 'modern' society, and what 'modern' has meant to the Japanese
Debunks many myths, for example explaining how Japan was never completely isolated from the outside world: even during the long period of so-called sakoku (isolationism, 1601-1853)
Examines the continuity between pre-Pacific War Japan, and post-war Japan
Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all the way through to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains something of an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture.
Readership: Anyone with an interest in modern Japan, including tourists, policymakers, business people, students, and academics. The book is a quick way to get up to speed on debates on modern Japan without having to tackle a lot of specialist literature.
《现代日本》介绍了明治以来的日本现代史,可以作为了解现代日本政治史的启蒙读物。在多数国人眼中,日本是墙头草,势利眼,否认历史的无耻之徒。本书通过剖析其民族心理解释了日本民族特点的来源。让人理性的认识了日本的政治逻辑。 德川幕府结束了战国时期的群雄...
評分从现代日本,反思中国,在一些方面又何尝不是如此?在接受现代化的洗礼中,传统文化的断层,国家自我认知的缺失,随处可见。在追逐物质文明的同时,文化已经被甩下了几条街。有点思想觉悟的人会开始迷茫,中国的文化传统在哪里呢?我对于中国文化,是完全的空白。希望,慢慢拾...
評分这其实算我解答疑惑的一本书,自从看了《菊与刀》这本人类学著作后,就对日本在二战后的发展十分感兴趣。 《菊与刀》着重将日本人刻画成矛盾的结合体:即忠诚又背叛,即坚忍同时又反抗,即热爱艺术怀有浪漫气息,又充满了残忍狡诈的勇武。日本人的性格被凝...
評分 評分才看到麦克阿瑟治理时期,先记两笔。 第一次看关于日本的书,终于弄明白了很多年来都很迷惑的织田信长/丰臣秀吉/德川家康到底谁是开国一代的问题。织田信长结束了战国时代,但是拒绝天皇册封其为征夷大将军,试图完全自立。他的家臣秀吉凭借个人能力在他死后掌握大权,他试图让...
一邊追趕西方列強,一邊追尋大和精神,日本人民最終得瞭精神分裂癥~
评分150623-151102 越南實習第二周百無聊賴時開始在辦公室裏看的,在首爾飛華盛頓14個小時的航班上看完瞭。寫得不錯的入門書。印象最深的好像是作者提到哥斯拉怪獸片的興起和核能的利用以及工業發展導緻的環境汙染的聯係,迴到jhu查課錶發現還真的有一門於此有關的環境史的課 haha
评分好歹學到點知識
评分A succinct introduction to Japan's transformation to its contemporary polity. The discussions on Japan's paradoxical self-image are quite intriguing.
评分Succinct and Beautiful. The history of the emergence of a modern country.
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