Abstract
Studying Japan in the postwar United States created space for wrestling with the ghosts which have haunted narratives of modernization—questions of social solidarity, shared social meaning, and the psychological impoverishment of mass production and consumption. Japan studies in the latter part of the 20th century raised questions about the nature of community in the context of late modernity that have never been adequately answered. The talk considers three case studies: the work of Ruth Benedict, Robert Bellah, and Thomas P. Rohlen.
Prof. Amy Borovoy | View
Princeton University
7/12/2022 - WED 16:30 - Room 5318
