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Urbain, Olivier. "Daisaku Ikeda's philosophy of peace : human revolution, dialogue and global civilization." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3354.
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Daisaku Ikeda is the Buddhist leader of one of the most visible religious movements today, the Soka Gakkai International (SGI). In this thesis, the main research question concerns the peace philosophy of Ikeda and its contribution to peace theory. Daisaku Ikeda and the SGI have been the subject of several scholarly studies in the fields of religious history and sociology. The focus of this research is on the significance of Ikeda's contributions in the field of peace studies, where his work has not yet been the subject of systematic investigation. It is argued that the originality of Ikeda's philosophy of peace resides in two main elements. First, the starting point is consistently human life and its potential for peace and happiness, not the omnipresence of conflict. Second, he offers a coherent system linking the individual, dialogical and global levels, which can be represented as a triangle made of three conceptual frameworks, that of Humanistic Psychology (Human Revolution), Communicative Rationality (Dialogue) and Cosmopolitan Democracy (Global Civilization). It is also argued that while being inspired by Ikeda's Buddhist spirituality and his loyalty to his mentor Josei Toda, this secular humanist approach to peace offers an effective and original way for all people to participate in the construction of a better world, regardless of their religious or ideological affiliation, social background or cultural practices.
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Sugawara, Yosei. "Silence and avoidance: Japanese expatriate adjustment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/682.
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IWASA, Takuro. "West European academic images and stereotypes of Japan since the 1970s." Doctoral thesis, European University Institute, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/10399.
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Defence date: 26 October 2007Examining Board: Prof. Akira Kudo (University of Tokio) ; Prof. Willfried Spohn (Katholische Universität Eichstätt) ; Prof. Bo Stråth (Helsinki University and former EUI/Supervisor) ; Prof. Martin Van Gelderen (EUI)
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The aim of this thesis is to analyse the changes through the time of the West European academic images and stereotypes of Japan since the 1970s, and to study how Japan has been produced and constructed for Europe in some major academic disciplines, that is, economics, business management studies, social sciences, and across these disciplines. Therefore, it is a thesis to clarify the European imaginations and stereotypisations of Japan as reflected in the West European academic debate. It also aims to illuminate the European conceptualisation of Japan. How have the European academics perceived and interpreted the Japanese economy, its business management, society and historical backdrop since the 1970s? How have the images and stereotypes of Japan been constructed and developed for Europe as a model, as a threat or as the Other? Do any remarkable shared features or differences between images and stereotypes exist within each period or each academic discipline? These questions are addressed in the thesis. The thesis was born out of an academic interest in the development of the civilisational dialogue between Europe and Japan. Europe had always presented the models to emulate for the other non-Western nations, including - at least previously - Japan. After a century of Japanese interest in emulating European models of modernisation, in the 1970s influences started to operate in the reverse direction. It was during the 1970s that the West Europeans faced their serious economic, social and identity crises, and when the Europeans started to look to Japan for an alternative model with much more interest and close attention. Over the period since the 1970s Japan has provided itself to be the first non-Western nation in modern history that has demonstrated the alternative economic and social models from which Europe can learn or with which it can contrast itself for the first time.
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Vidović, Ferderbar Dragica. "In limine : writers, culture and modernity in interwar Japan." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2004. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27985.
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‘Everybody who writes history has a bone to pick with the past’ said George
Wilson. Perhaps not so much with the past itself as with the images of the past created
by other historians. The images and concepts are created, moulded not only by the
practical needs and expectations of the time and place that produced them, but also
coloured by the theory fashionable at the time. They seem to be useful for a period of
time, but at a certain stage they become a hindrance rather than a help, as they tend to
limit rather than expand our knowledge of the past. One such concept is that of
nationalism.
Although it is far from clear what exactly constitutes nationalism, the immediate
association is that of some sort of selfish claim by a group which calls itself a nation or
aspires to become one. If it is for the self, it must necessarily be against somebody else,
so goes our reasoning. Anything that excludes has a particularly bad press right now and
this is reflected in the amount of scholarship on nationalism. This renewed interest in the
subject is due to the break-up of the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries
in the last decade or so, because of the scale and viciousness of nationalist struggles
between various ethnic groups. However, in Western studies of Japanese history the
subject of nationalism never went out of fashion, so to speak. While most of modern
Japan’s history is viewed, judged and understood, or misunderstood, through the prism of
nationalism, this is particularly true of the interwar period. Not only are the military
adventures on the continent seen as an example of nationalism, but most, if not all,
intellectual discourse of the period is labelled ‘cultural nationalism’.
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Bazzocchi, Karl. "A westerner's journey in Japan : an analysis of Edward S. Morse's Japan day by day." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101875.
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Japan Day by Day---the Western Zoologist Edward S. Morse's account of his stay in Japan from 1877 to 1883---is analyzed by first comparing it to other contemporary travelogues written by western travelers to Japan, and then by viewing it through a more theoretical framework, including Edward Said's theory on post-colonialism and Michel Foucault's theory of discourse and body experiences. Viewed through this framework, the goal of analysis is not to test the validity of Morse's writings, but to explore the formation of his interpretation of his experience in Japan.
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Squires, Todd Andrew. "Reading the Kōwaka-mai as Medieval myth story-patterns, traditional reference and performance in Late Medieval Japan /." Full text available online (restricted access), 2001. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/squires.pdf.
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De, Groot Henk W. K. "The Study Of The Dutch Language In Japan During Its Period Of National Isolation (ca. 1641-1868)." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Japanese, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1015.
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From the middle of the seventeenth century until 1853, the Japanese shogunal government virtually isolated Japan from the rest of the world. Only the Chinese and the Dutch were allowed to maintain a trading post in the harbour of Nagasaki. All dealings with the Dutch traders were subject to strict controls, and the interpreters that were trained to liaise with them had to swear a blood oath to secrecy. Nevertheless, information regarding the scientific and technological advances that were made in the West during this period managed to penetrate this barrier, and eventually grew, to some extent with official sanction, into a popular branch of scholarship known as rengeku, literally 'Dutch learning'. Since nearly all of the academic knowledge that reached Japan from the West arrived in written Dutch, the Dutch language became the language of science in Japan during this period, and a necessary subject of study for allrangaku scholars. This thesis is the first study in English that examines the development of the study of the Dutch language in Japan during the period through an analysis of the textbooks and dictionaries that were produced in Japan. The works selected for this study are those considered to be representative of, or significant to, the development of the study of Dutch and attendant increase of awareness of Western linguistic concepts, many of which were imposed, for better or worse, on the Japanese language. Other, less influential documents, are occasionally also discussed, to demonstrate the false trails and misunderstandings that can emerge when a foreign language is presented to students without the benefit of demonstrated current and practical usage. Initially Dutch language study was restricted to the development of skills among the Dutch interpreters in Nagasaki, who compiled word lists for personal use. These lists developed from primitive and limited glossaries into relatively sophisticated Chinesestyle lexicons and finally evolved into the large-scale Haruma dictionaries of the early nineteenth century. Early attempts at understanding the structures of the Dutch language, both by interpreters and academics, failed to provide practical insights. An important i breakthrough was achieved when retired interpreter Shizuki Tadao (1760-1806) began to produce translations of Nederduytsche Spraakkonst('Dutch Grammar') by William Sewel, and applied Western linguistic concepts to the Japanese language. This new understanding gave rise to a consistent structural approach to the study of Dutch, as a result of which language study became more consistent and translations more sophisticated. Although the end of national isolation in the middle of the nineteenth century meant that the study of Dutch was soon abandoned in favour of other European languages, many words in the Japanese language, particularly in relation to science and technology, are of Dutch origin. More importantly, many of the principles and terminology the Japanese use to define the structures of their language stem from the insights into Western linguistics gained during those final decades of the period of national isolation.
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Sawada, Keiji. "From The floating world to The 7 stages of grieving the presentation of contemporary Australian plays in Japan /." Phd thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/13213.
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Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy, Department of Critical and Cultural Studies, 2005.Bibliography: p. 274-291.
Introduction -- The emergence of "honyakugeki" -- Shôgekijô and the quest for national identity -- "Honyakugeki" after the rise of Shôgekijô -- The presentation of Australian plays as "honyakugeki" -- Representations of Aborigines in Japan -- Minorities in Japan and theatre -- The Japanese productions of translated Aboriginal plays -- Significance of the productions of Aboriginal plays in Japan -- Conclusion.
Many Australian plays have been presented in Japan since the middle of the 1990s. This thesis demonstrates that in presenting Australian plays the Japanese Theatre has not only attempted to represent an aspect of Australian culture, but has also necessarily revealed aspects of Japanese culture. This thesis demonstrates that understanding this process is only fully possible when the particular cultural function of 'translated plays' in the Japanese cultural context is established. In order to demonstrate this point the thesis surveys the history of so-called 'honyakugeki' (translated plays) in the Japanese Theatre and relates them to the production of Western plays to ideas and processes of modernisation in Japan. -- Part one of the thesis demonstrates in particular that it was the alternative Theatre movement of the 1960s and 1970s which liberated 'honyakugeki' from the issue of 'authenticity'. The thesis also demonstrates that in this respect the Japanese alternative theatre and the Australian alternative theatre of the same period have important connections to the quest for 'national identity'. Part one of the thesis also demonstrates that the Japanese productions of Australian plays such as The Floating World, Diving for Pearls and Honour reflected in specific ways this history and controversy over 'honyakugeki'. Furthermore, these productions can be analysed to reveal peculiarly Japanese issues especially concerning the lack of understanding of Australian culture in Japan and the absence of politics from the Japanese contemporary theatre. -- Part two of the thesis concentrates on the production of translations of the Australian Aboriginal plays Stolen and The 7 Stages of Grieving. 'This part of the thesis demonstrates that the presentation of these texts opened a new chapter in the history of presenting 'honyakugeki' in Japan. It demonstrates that the Japanese theatre had to confront the issue of 'authenticity' once more, but in a radically new way. The thesis also demonstrates that the impact of these productions in Japan had a particular Japanese cultural and social impact, reflecting large issues about the issue of minorities and indigenous people in Japan and about the possibilities of theatre for minorities. In particular the thesis demonstrates that these representations of Aborigines introduced a new image of Australian Aborigines to that which was dominant amongst Japanese anthropologists.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Howland, Douglas Roger. "Borders of Chinese civilization : geography and history at Empire's end /." Durham : Duke University Press, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37493304t.
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Yipu, Zen. "Selling props, playing stars:virtualising the self in the Japanese mediascape." Thesis, View Thesis, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/589.
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In the so-called postmodern era, when networked media are increasingly ubiquitous in everyday life, where the ‘real’ and the ‘simulation’ become ever more indistinguishable; the physical and virtual intertwine; machines and man merge, and audience and stars transpose. To understand consumption in a time when realness and authenticity are no longer relevant, this thesis draws attention to the consumption and production of media content through case studies of consumer participation and social trends in Japan. The work begins in a themed shopping mall, Venus Fort in Tokyo Bay; continues with the reproduction of Audrey Hepburn‘s image; expands to the dramatised ‘realness’ of television; and finally moves to the omnipresent mobile phone and the impact of networked personal media on our idea of the ‘real’. First, through an analysis of a themed consumption environment, it is suggested that a transition is taking place in consumption from objects to experiences, services and spectacle. Secondly, by showing Audrey Hepburn‘s transition from a Hollywood star to a virtualised idol, technologically-aided illusions are shown to make hierarchical realness irrelevant. Thirdly, via Reality TV dating programs, the focus shifts to the role of audience participation in the consumption of media content. These themes are demonstrated individually, then merged into the last example – the social and cultural evolution induced by the mass consumption of networked media, that promise to revolutionise the way we consume, communicate and connect between people, machines and consumer goods.The thesis grounds its analysis of contemporary trends in the culture of consumption in Japan in theories of commodity and culture, the real and the simulation, speed and reality, the spectacle and the self in mediated spaces, and probes further into the collapse of demarcations between the virtual and the real, the event and the everyday and media and the self in the network society
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Hayashi, Mari. "Images de femmes dans la littérature japonaise contemporaine, 1935-1975: cas des nouvelles couronnées par le prix Akutagawa." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210557.
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The images of Japanese women in the Japanese contemporary literature (1935-1975) — Short-stories crowned with the Akutagawa Prize\
Doctorat en sciences sociales, Orientation sociologie
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Yipu, Zen. "Selling props, playing stars virtualising the self in the Japanese mediascape /." View Thesis, 2005. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20060210.104650/index.html.
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Padgett, Brian David. "The Bioarchaeology of Violence During the Yayoi Period of Japan." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1586549883443371.
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Flowers, Petrice Ronita. "International norms and domestic policies in Japan identity, legitimacy and civilization /." 2002. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/55694203.html.
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Huang, Ching-lan, and 黃靖嵐. "State, Civilization, Diet: The Process of Accepting Meat-eating in Meiji Japan From the Perspective of State Formation." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7u65qp.
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博士東海大學
社會學系
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In Japan, meat was regarded as filthy for over a thousand years, and meat-eating was therefore a taboo, which had not been lifted until the early Meiji period. This dissertation analyses how Japan, originally a rice centric and meat despising regime, sought to meet various requirements for meat production and consumption in the process of turning into a “civilized country” during Meiji period, an important era when Japan was transforming into a modern national state. The dissertation also studies how the features of “external pressure - reaction” emerged in the course of state formation caused impact in the field of diet in Meiji Japan, when it was an “advanced developing country” at the time. Through the analysis on the process of the transformation of beef from filth or medicine to healthy daily food, this dissertation illustrates that beef-eating not only promoted a civilized mind among people, but also helped increase national wealth and strengthen military power. In this process, different educated communities had different expectation and discourse on ideal body, and a system of increasing meat production was developed on the basis of military needs under nationalism. In addition, the new market and occupations initiated by the rising demand for meat had created economic capital, which offered an opportunity for burakumin, who had all along been excluded from the four social classes, to raise their social status. On the other hand, in terms of governance, the government’s power had been extended to the daily life domain in the name of civilization, but there was a limit to its coverage with resistance. Throughout the Meiji period, although beef had changed from filth to food in people’s cognition, it was only eaten by the families of upper-middle class residing in cities as a matter of fact. Moreover, the concept of “meat-eating nourishing civilization” was limited on the level of consumption. On the level of production, slaughtering animals for food was always associated with blood and violence which was an opposition to civilization. It was once again excluded in the process of knowledge formation due to hygiene concerns. The transformation of meat-eating process in Meiji Japan was not solely driven by state formation, but the same or different choices made by different social groups in consideration of their own conditions under the social atmosphere. These decisions formed the basis of meat-eating.
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Culy, Anna M. "Clothing their identities : competing ideas of masculinity and identity in Meiji Japanese culture." 2013. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1721294.
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This is an in-depth analysis of competing cultural ideas at a pivotal time in Japanese history through study of masculinity and identity. Through diaries, newspaper articles, and illustrations found in popular periodicals of the Meiji period, it is evident that there were two major groups who espoused very different sets of ideals competing for the favor of the masses and the control of Japanese progress in the modern world. Manner of dress, comportment, hygiene, and various other parts of outward appearance signified the mentality and ideology of the person in question. One group espoused traditional Japanese ideas of masculinity and dress while another advocated embracing Western dress and culture. This, in turn, explained their opinions on the direction they believed Japan should take. Throughout the Meiji period (1868-1912), the two ideas grew and competed for supremacy until the late Meiji period when they merged to form a traditional-minded modernity.Department of History
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Fletcher, Robin. "Yaeko Batchelor, Ainu evangelist and poet : a journey in biographical writing." Phd thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151501.
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Williams, Kara Lenore. "The impact of popular culture fandom on perceptions of Japanese language and culture learning: the case of student anime fans." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2657.
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"岡倉天心的中國文化觀: 形成、內涵及亞洲主義的定位." 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5884226.
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林超純."2013年8月".
"2013 nian 8 yue".
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-128).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstract in Chinese and English.
Lin Chaochun.
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Nakamura, Ellen Louise Gardner. "Takano Chōei and his country friends : a receptive history of rangaku." Phd thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147222.
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Moriyama, Yuko, and 森山裕子. "Embedded Curriculum on China: Aichi University and Civilizational Education in Contemporary Japan." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08055490888276726591.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
政治學研究所
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Established in 1991, the ‘Graduate School of China’ of Aichi University is a comprehensive graduate school in Japan that focuses on the study of Chinese humanities and social sciences. It is unique because Aichi University is the sole academic institution that has set up a graduate school of China study although Japan has cultivated many researchers of China. Aichi University was formerly known as ‘University of East Asia Common Culture College’ before the War. It was the only one university that Japan had set up in China (Shanghai) and it was run by the ‘Asia Common Culture Association’ established by the Great East-Asian Regionalists. The historical development of this discipline happened to experience the two civilization educations in Japan''s modern history. The first time was the modern education system announced by the Meiji government in 1868 in order to catch up with the educational environment in Europe and in the United States. The second time was the philosophy and direction of the post-war education reform that was reset by Japan according to the reform program proposed in the U.S. education envoys’ report in 1948 under the occupation by the United Nations after World War II. This study aims at investigating the China Program provided in Japan’s Aichi University to understand how this university could be set up in China and started the independent study of China under the prevailing ideological atmosphere of ‘discrimination against China’ before the War and how this university could stay true to its model of research of China after being forced to change its name while facing the promotion of the American education system after the War. This study has achieved 5 results. First of all, University of East Asia Common Culture College ran in the opposite direction of the educational policies of ‘giving up China’ of the Meiji government. On this point, its original idea was never changed while being forced to change its name and structure after the War. Secondly, this discipline is deeply influenced by regional studies. The main reason is that the vision of regional studies is broader than country studies and it doesn’t easily subject itself to the influence of media and public opinions. Finally, the 3rd, 4th and 5th results indicate that the fact that this discipline fights alone reflects the Japanese people’s general attitude of ‘contempt for China’; although the Japanese Government seems very active in the studies of China, it never stops thinking the purpose of academic studies is to provide national interests; owing to these two points, Sino-Japanese relations stay stagnant and subject to political manipulation easily.