Description
Tanaka's analysis and indeed his main conclusions are of a piece with some of the most interesting recent work on South Asia and the Middle East--work that occupies the cutting edge of historical research on the modern non-Western world, with important implications not only for area studies of those regions but generally for world history and for our understanding of modernity as a universal phenomenon. New Times in Modern Japan will be noticed and read with interest not only by scholars in the field of Japanese studies but much more widely. -- Partha Chatterjee, author of "A Possible India" Very much a major contribution to the field, New Times in Modern Japan blows fresh air on stale debates. The thrust of the argument, which is as persuasive as it is refreshing, is that becoming modern implies--requires--a new conception and use of time. This logical and well-conceived companion to Tanaka's previous book is poised to enhance Japan's profile in wider discussions of modernity and modernization. -- Gerald Figal, Vanderbilt University, author of "Civilizations and Monsters: Spirits of Modernity in Meiji Japan"
About the Author
Stefan Tanaka is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of "Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History".
Reviews
"Scholars with an interest in the onset and consequences of modernity in Japan will find much in this important new work by Stefan Tanaka to stimulate and challenge them."--Daniel Botsman, Journal of Asian Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780691128016
Author Stefan Tanaka
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 369g