Japans Modern Myths

Ideology played a momentous role in modern Japanese history Not only did the elite of imperial Japan 1890 1945 work hard to influence the people to yield as the grasses before the wind, but historians of modern Japan later identified these efforts as one of the underlying pathologies of World War II Available for the first time in paperback, this study examines how this ideology evolved Carol Gluck argues that the process of formulating and communicating new national values was less consistent than is usually supposed By immersing the reader in the talk and thought of the late Meiji period, Professor Gluck recreates the diversity of ideological discourse experienced by Japanese of the time The result is a new interpretation of the views of politics and the nation in imperial Japan. New Download eBook Japans Modern Myths By Carol Gluck – kino-fada.fr Gluck s Japan s Modern Myths is packed with historical details, and while I didn t find it written in luminous prose as described by Marius Janeson, a blurb author on the back cover , I did find it an engaging read Carol Gluck is a phenomenal academic To describe the various sources from bureaucrats to minkan journalists, intellectuals, public figures , from Shint shrines to the emperor from which the ideologies of citizenship, education, morals and occupation are made in such clean Gluck s Japan s Modern Myths is packed with historical details, and while I didn t find it written in luminous prose as described by Marius Janeson, a blurb author on the back cover , I did find it an engaging read Carol Gluck is a phenomenal academic To describe the various sources from bureaucrats to minkan journalists, intellectuals, public figures , from Shint shrines to the emperor from which the ideologies of citizenship, education, morals and occupation are made in such clean linear lines requires a prowess I have not yet achieved I give credit where credit is due In the end she distills the various, and often competing, sources for ideology into a grammar, describing the creation shared of ideological meaning as Three kinds of interactions can be identified in the process that produced a universe of shared significance from diverse ideological formulations The first emerged from the stressed parts of ideolog...I have to preface this review by saying that I should probably re read it at some point in the near future, and then read it again Gluck s text can be quite dense, which is one reason I lowered it to four stars instead of the five it deserves She outlines some of her central theory and then backs it up with a plethora of research supported by a vast amount of primary sources This is a very good thing, showing excellent historiography, yet it can sometimes be a little daunting or overwhelming I have to preface this review by saying that I should probably re read it at some point in the near future, and then read it again Gluck s text can be quite dense, which is one reason I lowered it to four stars instead of the five it deserves She outlines some of her central theory and then backs it up with a plethora of research supported by a vast amount of primary sources This is a very good thing, showing excellent historiography, yet it can sometimes be a little daunting or overwhelming for someone like me, who has currently settled down after only obtaining a BA The other reason I gave it four stars is because, while I can ...A fascinating and groundbreaking look at the way a usable Japanese past and symbolic vocbulary was constructed during the Meiji years, at the way the institution of the emperor was re cast and renovated, and at the way that local cults and r...fucking brilliant what can i say carol gluck is my personal goddess guru of the way history should be, and the way to live your life i am waiting on pins and needles for her book on history and memory, which ...How dare I give this book less than five stars It s brilliant, it s path breaking, life changing, and epoch making But I reserve a star just to point out that it is only the beginning of any exploration of the processes that made Meiji Japan into modern Japan To ...

• English
• 14 April 2018
Carol Gluck
• Paperback
• 424 pages
• 0691008124
• Carol Gluck
• Japans Modern Myths