The Fate of the Social in Modern Life: American Social Scientists and Japan as Archive

When

Thursday, November 5, 4:30 PM

Where

East Asia Library, Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Price

Price not listed

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Stanford University

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Sat, Oct 24

In the decades following World War II, American social scientists turned to the study of Japanese society as an emerging ally and fellow capitalist democracy. At a time when influential theories of modernization predicted the decline of kinship, community, hierarchy, and collective obligation, Japan presented a puzzle. It was an advanced industrial and…

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