Brian J. McVeigh Forfatter
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A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)A Psychohistory of Metaphors traces how, in response to historical change, metaphors have expanded our introspective... Læs mere
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Nationalisms of Japan: Managing and Mystifying Identity (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)In this analysis, Brian J. McVeigh confronts both the demonizers and apologists of Japan. He argues that far from being unique, Japanese... Læs mere
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The State Bearing Gifts: Deception and Disaffection in Japanese Higher Education (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Written to be read as both a political and philosophical commentary and anthropological investigation, this work has... Læs mere
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The Nature of the Japanese State: Rationality and Rituality (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)In this adventurous new study, Brian J. McVeigh demonstrates how nominally conflicting impressions of Japan can be reconciled by a greater understanding of the state - revealing flaws in current intellectual discourse.
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Life in a Japanese Women's College: Learning to be Ladylike (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)One third of Japan's women workers are 'office ladies' - low status, low security secretaries, who are trained at Junior Colleges. The author, who taught at such a College, discusses life there, and their cultural and sociopolitical role.
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The 'Other' Psychology of Julian Jaynes: Ancient Languages, Sacred Visions, and Forgotten Mentalities (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
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Japanese Higher Education as Myth (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.
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