nihonjinron
Sign in to saveNihonjinron (: treatises on Japaneseness) is a genre of ethnocentric nationalist literary work that focuses on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity. Nihonjinron posits concepts such as Japanese being a "unique isolate, having no known affinities with any other race", and has been described as racist.
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- Subclass of
- opinion piece
- Country
- Japan
- Main subject
- Japanese people
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Kokugaku
- Meiji period
- Postwar period
- As cultural nationalism
- Specific theses
- Major works
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Additional
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Nihonjinron (: treatises on Japaneseness) is a genre of ethnocentric nationalist literary work that focuses on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity. Nihonjinron posits concepts such as Japanese being a "unique isolate, having no known affinities with any other race", and has been described as racist.
Nihonjinron literature flourished during a publishing boom after World War II with books and articles aiming to analyze, explain, or explore Japanese culture and cultural mindset.
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