『日本―呪縛の構図』(原書)<br>Japan and the Shackles of the Past

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『日本―呪縛の構図』(原書)
Japan and the Shackles of the Past

  • 著者名:Murphy, R. Taggart
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  • Oxford University Press(2014/11/07発売)
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  • 言語:ENG
  • ISBN:9780199845989
  • eISBN:9780190213251

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Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic upheavals have made regular appearances from the feudal era to the present. Today, Japan is seen as a has-been with a sluggish economy, an aging population, dysfunctional politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday's champions. Though it is supposed to be America's strongest ally in the Asia-Pacific region, it has almost entirely disappeared from the American radar screen.In Japan and the Shackles of the Past, R. Taggart Murphy places the current troubles of Japan in a sweeping historical context, moving deftly from early feudal times to the modern age that began with the Meiji Restoration. Combining fascinating analyses of Japanese culture and society over the centuries with hard-headed accounts of Japan's numerous political regimes, Murphy not only reshapes our understanding of Japanese history, but of Japan's place in the contemporary world. He concedes that Japan has indeed been out of sight and out of mind in recent decades, but contends that this is already changing. Political and economic developments in Japan today risk upheaval in the pivotal arena of Northeast Asia, inviting comparisons with Europe on the eve of the First World War. America's half-completed effort to remake Japan in the late 1940s is unraveling, and the American foreign policy and defense establishment is directly culpable for what has happened. The one apparent exception to Japan's malaise is the vitality of its pop culture, but it's actually no exception at all; rather, it provides critical clues to what is going on now.With insights into everything from Japan's politics and economics to the texture of daily life, gender relations, the changing business landscape, and popular and high culture, Japan and the Shackles of the Past is the indispensable guide to understanding Japan in all its complexity.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Does Japan Still Matter?Part One: PastChapter One: Japan Before the Edo PeriodChapter Two: The Incubation of the Modern Japanese StateChapter Three: Restoration to OccupationChapter Four: The MiracleChapter Five: The Institutions of High-speed GrowthChapter Six: Consequences (Intended and Otherwise)Part Two: PresentChapter Seven: Economy and FinanceChapter Eight: BusinessChapter Nine: Social and Cultural ChangeChapter Ten: PoliticsChapter Eleven: Japan and the WorldSuggestions for Further ReadingNotes