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Apr 25, 2024
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JPNT 173 PO - Japanese Images of the Foreign: Xenophilia, Xenophobia and National Identity
CrsNo JPNT173 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): P. Flueckiger
An exploration through literary, philosophical and political works of how Japan has been defined in relation to the foreign (both China and the West). Focuses on the Confucian, National Learning and Dutch Learning movements of the Tokugawa period (1600-1868). Topics also include the Meiji period (1868-1912) quest for “civilization and enlightenment” and the World War II discourse on “overcoming modernity.” (Japanese in Translation)
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