Overcoming modernity : cultural identity in wartime Japan

Publication Data

• Title Overcoming modernity : cultural identity in wartime Japan
• Alternative Title Kindai no chōkoku. English
• Contributor Richard Calichman
• Publisher Columbia University Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Introduction: "Overcoming modernity": the dissolution of cultural identity
A note on contemporary spirit / Kamei Katsuichirō
My views on "overcoming modernity" / Nishitani Keiji
From our standpoint: reflections on overcoming modernity / Moroi Saburō
The theological grounds of overcoming modernity: how can modern man find God? / Yoshimitsu Yoshihiko
The heart of imperial loyalty / Hayashi Fusao
The course of overcoming modernity / Shimomura Toratarō
What is to be destroyed? / Tsumura Hideo
A brief account / Miyoshi Tatsuji
On the overcoming of science / Kikuchi Seishi
Doubts regarding "modernity" / Nakamura Mitsuo
A note on "overcoming modernity" / Suzuki Shigetaka
Concluding remarks to "overcoming modernity" / Kawakami Tetsutarō
Roundtable discussion: day one
Roundtable discussion: day two.

Topics

• World War, 1939-1945 :: Moral and ethical aspects :: Japan
• Japan :: Civilization :: 1926-1945 :: Philosophy
• Japan :: Civilization :: Western influences
• Japan

Overcoming modernity : cultural identity in wartime Japan. ISBN 9780231143967. Published by Columbia University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.