Political Life in Japan : : Democracy in a Reversible World / / Takako Kishima.
To understand how change occurs in politics, we should turn from concentrating on intentional political actions to exploring everyday life, especially marginal frames of mind in which people are open to questioning existing ideas and institutions. In so contending, Takako Kishima offers fresh unders...
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Kishima, Takako, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Political Life in Japan : Democracy in a Reversible World / Takako Kishima. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014] ©1991 1 online resource (160 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Legacy Library ; 165 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Symbolic Dimension of Political Life -- CHAPTER TWO. Political Rituals -- CHAPTER THREE. Symbolic Interludes in Political Life -- CHAPTER FOUR. On Liminal Qualities -- CHAPTER FIVE. Conclusion: On the Basis for Democracy and Social Transformation -- REFERENCES CITED -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star To understand how change occurs in politics, we should turn from concentrating on intentional political actions to exploring everyday life, especially marginal frames of mind in which people are open to questioning existing ideas and institutions. In so contending, Takako Kishima offers fresh understandings of contemporary Japanese politicians and the Japanese political process, while she also proposes an innovative method of looking at politics in general. Kishima points out that taken-for-granted values and beliefs are revealed as arbitrary when people experience intrusions of the marginal, or "liminal." Social marginals, such as outcastes or so-called misfits, are the most likely people to invoke these intrusions, but more ordinary folk are also subjected to them under special conditions ranging from the seemingly trivial--daydreaming, dancing, or getting drunk--to the more profound--war, natural disaster, or ecstatic ritual. During an intrusion the flow of ordinary time seems to stop, and the utilitarian principles of commonplace existence are invalidated--as described by the chapter on Nakasone, "Shedding Tears: Suspension of Politics." Drawing on insights from phenomenology, symbolic anthropology, and post-structuralism, as well as from political science, Kishima shows that the prevalence of liminal experiences in society prevents the reification of authority, allows the transcendence of formal political differences, and permits political change over time.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Marginality, Social Japan. Political development. Politicians Japan. Social change. HISTORY / Asia / Japan. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 9783110413441 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Library eBook Package World History 9783110413663 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691601908 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400862429 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400862429 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400862429.jpg |
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