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.
Christopher Goto-Jones, Professor of Modern Japan Studies, University of Leiden
《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 評分 評分从镰仓幕府开始,一直到21世纪,日本历史的大致梳理。天皇对于日本的重要性贯穿始终,它成为了大众认为的政权合法化的唯一标准,甚至宪法的地位也在其之下。丰臣秀吉没有得到天皇的承认,因此一直不被大众承认,最终被推翻。二百多年的德川幕府时代,为后边日本的发展打下了基...
評分尽管是本两百多页的小册子,但作为了解日本历史的入门书籍已经绰绰有余。而且由于作者舍弃了常规历史著作那种因追求准确性而陷于冗余的写作方式,本书读起来非常畅快。 从战国时代的结束,到黑船叩关、明治维新、日俄战争、中日战争和日本侵华战争,再到战后美国接管下的民主化...
導論對「現代」的概念很清晰,不賣弄,值得參考。
评分5/5-5/7/2020)寫得不錯,覆蓋內容挺多也很清楚。從黑船開航開頭(還有它之前的織田信長到幕府,讓我補瞭一下從《銀魂》裏學到的知識233)講到瞭90年代,幫我梳理瞭一下時間綫。高光齣現在三島由紀夫,他小胸一挺,小胯一歪,霹靂吧啦地對著軍隊痛心疾首一番,然鵝,聽眾毫無反應,因為根本聽不到他叨叨瞭啥。。。我感覺這段作者就是來搞笑的(扶額
评分雖然我也沒讀過幾本VSI,但這本確實是讀過裏麵最好的
评分導論對「現代」的概念很清晰,不賣弄,值得參考。
评分I am curious, why China and Japan chose totally different attitude toward so-called great power of western world. And I wonder after I read this book, if it were China that had played the role to lead the process of modernization of east Asia, then could China, Japan and Korea be transformed into an entity which could resist Western culture?
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