Introduction to the Japanese Edition 日本語版への序文

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    Abstract

    Samuel Johnson defined a nation as "people distinguished from other people" (quoted in Fried 1975, 9). His definition is a particularly pleasing one because it exposes the enormous questions concealed inside this self-assertive little word. How do we distinguish between people? Where do we draw the lines? What gives us the confidence not simply to sum up 124 million "Japanese," 80 million "Germans," 1.1 billion "Chinese," or 250 million "Americans" in a single word, but actually to turn these words into actors in the stories we tell: The Japanese are group conscious; the Germans are worried about Russian nationalism; the Chinese mistrust the Japanese; the Americans disapprove of the Chinese attitude to human rights, and so on.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationRe-inventing Japan : time, space, nation / テッサ・モーリス=スズキ ; 伊藤茂訳
    Editors Tessa Morris-Suzuki
    Place of PublicationTokyo
    PublisherIbunsha
    Pagesi-iv
    ISBN (Print)9784753103195
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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