Inexorable Modernity

Inexorable Modernity
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 0739118420
ISBN-13 : 9780739118429
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Book Synopsis Inexorable Modernity by : Hiroshi Nara

Download or read book Inexorable Modernity written by Hiroshi Nara and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the late Edo period, the Japanese faced a rapidly and irreversibly changing world in which industrialization, westernization, and internationalization were exerting pressure upon an entrenched traditional culture. The Japanese themselves felt threatened by Western powers, with their sense of superiority and military might. Yet the Japanese were more prepared to meet this challenge than was thought at the time, and they used a variety of strategies to address the tension between modernity and tradition. Inexorable Modernity illuminates our understanding of how Japan has dealt with modernity and of what mechanisms, universal and local, we can attribute to the mode of negotiation between tradition and modernity in three major forms of art: theatre, the visual arts, and literature. Dr. Hiroshi Nara brings together a thoughtful collection of essays that demonstrate that traditional and modern approaches to life draw from one another, and tradition, whether real or created, was sought out in order to find a way to live with the burden of modernity. Inexorable Modernity is a valuable and enlightening read for those interested in Asian studies and history. Book jacket.


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