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Nationalism and GenderUENO Chizuko
This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "m...This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive battle over how Japan's history should be remembered constitutes the most recent, and perhaps the mos... -
Anthropology of BaKAJIMARU Gaku, Caitlin Coker, KAZAMA Kazuhiro
Do places influence human behavior? In everyday...Do places influence human behavior? In everyday thinking, spaces and places are generally seen as empty vessels where human activity occurs. Digging a bit deeper, we can distinguish spaces from pla... -
From Salvation to SpiritualitySHIMAZONO Susumu
Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost socio...Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost sociologists of religion, deals with the development of popular religious and spiritual movements in Japan in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. A... -
Looking for MoneyGOMES Albert G.
This book, a joint publication with the Center ...This book, a joint publication with the Center for Orang Asli Concerns, Malaysia, provides an illustration of the impact of capitalism and modernity on an indigenous people, the Semai of Malaysia. ... -
A History of Modern ChemistryHIROTA Noboru
Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical a...Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has evolved over centuries. Spanning more than eight hundred pages, this book presents an exhaustive study of th... -
Spirituality as a WayCarl Becker, KASHIO Naoki
How do Japanese people foster spiritual awarene...How do Japanese people foster spiritual awareness? This book provides a fresh perspective on spirituality by highlighting the wisdom of Japan: ‘Way’ (pronounced michi or dō in Japanese), which mak... -
Amorphous DissentKINOSHITA Chigaya, TANAKA Hikaru, HORIE Takashi, KATO Tetsuro, TORIYAMA Atsushi, TANNO Kiyoto
Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wak...Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, Japan has seen a significant revival in its social activism. Large-scale social movements spran... -
OthersKAWAI Kaori
As the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions...As the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions (2017), Others is the third work produced by a collaborative research project involving primatologists and anthropologists on the evolutionary histor... -
Fighting Prejudice in JapanKUROSAKA Ai
This collection of twelve life stories delves i...This collection of twelve life stories delves into the experiences of families of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) patients who tell their own stories in their own words. In detailed interviews spanning ... -
AftermathTSUJINAKA Yutaka, INATSUGU Hiroaki
"Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake" ..."Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake" is a comprehensive analysis of recovery and reconstruction following the triple disaster in Japan on March 11, 2011. This collection addresses the que... -
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2OGUMA Eiji
In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries o...In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 1: Okinawa 1818-1972 (2014), renowned historical sociologist Eiji Oguma further explores the fluctuating political, geographi... -
Beyond FukushimaHASEGAWA Koichi
It finally dawned on us. The government was unr...It finally dawned on us. The government was unreliable. Politicians and bureaucrats were unreliable. The media were untrustworthy. The brutal reality hit us that we had to protect ourselves...other...
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