Japanese revolt against the West: political and cultural criticism in the twentieth century

Cultural Property and Heritage

“…Harootunian has characterized this as a period when "folk was substituted for class" (1988: 437). The shift from an earlier cosmopolitanism to 'culturalism' (bunkashugi, 文化主義) was reflected in the work of radical theorists such as Kita Ikki, and a host of writers and academics such as Watsuji, Nishida Kitarō, Kuki Shūzō, Yanagida Kunio and Tanizaki Junichirō (Najita and Harootunian 1988). From the Meji period, opposition to…”

Counter-Orientalism and textual play in Akutagawa's 'The ball' ('But l kai')

“…Harootunian have described (Najita and Harootunian 1988). Loti's discourse was, of course, written with an audience of Europeans in mind, but, at the close of his account, Loti imagined a possible audience of future Japanese readers:…”

Pan-Asianism and Its Discontents

“…1998; Furuya 1994; Chin and Sankichi 1989 provide the documents on Japanese Pan-Asianists and Sun Yat-sen; Harada 1982; Nakajima 2005; Miura To¯ru has published on Islamic Studies in JapanseeMiura 2004;Matsumoto 2004;Matsumoto 1994;Matsumoto 1996. 2 Najita et al 1998 and the magnum opus of Harootunian(Harootunian 2000) on the Japanese tortured discourse on modernity are seminal studies that paved the way:Najita and Harootunian 1995;Tanaka 1993;Dower 1993;Doak 1994;Koschmann 1997;Szpilman 1998;Saaler and Koschmann 2007, with articles by Sven Saaler, Miwa Kimitada, Kuroki Morifumi, Li Narangoa, Kato Yoko, Christopher W. A. Szpilman, Dick Stegewerns, Michael A. Schneider, Roger H. Brown, John Namjun Kim, Kevin M. Doak, Victor J. Koschmann, Oguma Eiji, Kristine Dennehy, Hatsuse Ryuhei; Wilson, ed. 2002, with articles by Sandra Wilson, J. Charles Schencking, Vera Mackie, Stephen S. Large, Stewart Lone, Elise K. Tipton, Sheldon Garon, Beatrice Trefalt, Kosaku Yoshino, Frank B. Tipton; Shimazu 2006, with articles by Naoko Shimazu, Erica Benner, Harumi Goto-Shibata, Richard Siddle, Caroline Rose, Tetsuya Takahashi, and Stephan S. Large, again shows the wide spectrum of recent work on various facets of Japanese nationalism and Asianism.…”