The Invention and Reinvention of "Japanese Culture"  

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Morris-Suzuki, Tessa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Asian Studies vol. 54 no. 03 (Aug. 1995), page 759-780.
Topik: Origins Culture; Bunkashugi in Interwar Japan; Anthropology of Ishida;

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TESSA MORRIS-SUZUKI discusses how Japanese intellectuals have attempted to define Japanese culture by tracing the genealogy of the notion of culture (bunka) particularly as utilized by anthropologists, ethnographers, and others. The author's premise is that present-day interest in culture reflects both a desire to establish a worldview distinct from the dominant positivist Western modes of thought as well as efforts to protect against the transformative power of those positivist Western ideas manifested in the "increasing penetration of science and technology." By locating the concept of culture in its historical context, she shows how the concern over culture became increasingly colored by nationalistic concerns in the interwar years, leading to its emergence as a "key concept in theories of Japanese uniqueness." To what extent this history continues to influence current thinking about culture generally and "Japanese culture" specifically is evident in contemporary debates about its meaning and about the place of an increasingly powerful Japan in the modern world. The essays by Lin, Rosemont, and Ames and by Morris-Suzuki can be read in tandem not only because they address the growing preoccupation with cultural identity in Asia but also because they argue for the powerful role that culture plays in history. Readers may also wish to consider these essays as part of an ongoing discussion in the Journal about culture and identity, and power and knowledge, expressed most recently in the February 1994 Symposium on "Dimensions of Ethnic and Cultural Nationalism in Asia" (53, 1) and in the May 1995 article by Craig Reynolds on "A New Look at Old Southeast Asia"

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