Japan And Asian Modernities

The effect of Japan on the challenges and complexities of the modernisation process that globalisation has brought to the fore in Asia are the subject of this interdisciplinary volume by leading scholars in the field. Using fascinating examples drawn from current business and organisational practice in Asia, it focuses on the impact that Japanese modernity has made in Asia as a model to be imitated because of its apparent success in adopting western technologies while retaining its own cultural identity. At the same time, Japan itself is a dominant force in modernity in East and South East Asia, exporting its own type of modernisation, management and business practices, and models of 'traditional' social relations which do not necessarily correspond to the traditions of other Asian cultures.This adds another element to the conventional model of modernity as a dialogue between West and East; without considering Japan's special significance in the region, any critical assessment of the modernising process in Asia would not be possible. This emphasis is the special contribution of this innovative work which aims to show the extent to which the experiences of one non-Western modernity can influence others; to highlight the problems of cultural identity that must be faced by modernising societies; and, above all aims to contribute to the larger debates on intercultural communication that are vital for achieving genuine understanding between representatives of different cultures, traditions and world views.Besides Asian and Japanese Studies specialists, "Japan and Asian Modernities" is addressed to a larger audience of academics and specialists working in the areas of history of ideas, political science, the sociology and anthropology of business, comparative cultural studies and economics or other disciplines related to contemporary East and South-East Asia where the subject of alternative modernities is relevant.

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Introduction, Chapter 1: Rationality, Ritual and Life-shaping Decisions in Modem Japan, Chapter 2: All for One and One for All? Reconsidering Collectivity in the Modernisation of Japanese Business Firms, Chapter 3: Modernity and Transformation of the Japanese State, Chapter 4: Japanese Model and Korea's Modernization Efforts: 1800-1890s, Chapter 5: A Japanese Acculturation Pattern: the Affinities of Values in the Conflux of the Old and the New, Chapter 6: Navigating the Euro-American Enlightenment: Japan and the Modem World, Chapter 7: A Comparative Analysis of Challenge Discourses:'Overcoming Modernity' and the 'Asian Values' Debate, Chapter 8: Tradition and its Uses:Business and Ideology in Japaese Domestic Tourism, Chapter 9: Wagamama Technology, Chapter 10: The Emergence of Chinese Keiretsu?, Chapter 11: Westernization of Business Organizations in Japan and China: Continuity and Change, Chapter 12: Sensei Seeks Students, Willing to Lend Tuitions, Bibliography