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- Title
Reconstructing Tradition. The Debate on "Invented Tradition" in the Japanese Modernization.
- Authors
Farkas, Mária Ildikó
- Abstract
Several scholarly works on Japan explain the specific phenomena of the 19th century Japanese modernization in terms of Japanese tradition and culture. Against this, another trend (based on mainly postmodern theory) denies the validity of these explanations, citing the theory of "invented tradition". This paper tries to add some thoughts to this debate, examining the concept of tradition in Japanese modernization. The second part of the article tries to demonstrate the utilization ("reconstruction" - by Eisenstadt) of tradition with a specific moment of the Japanese modernization: the founding of the modern state in 1868.
- Subjects
MODERNIZATION (Social science); MODERNITY; POSTMODERNISM (Literature); 19TH century Japanese history; CULTURE
- Publication
Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia, 2016, Issue 29, p31
- ISSN
0860-6102
- Publication type
Article