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Considers recent debates on the history of modernization in Japan, drawing on the writings of Max Weber. It is shown that Japan did not fit into Weber's sociological frameworks, either in his analysis of the role of religion in social & economic development, or in his assessment of Japan's political structure. However, his framework for modernization became seminal in the evolution of Japanese scholarship on this issue. Of particular importance in this regard is the work of Otsuka Hisao (1966), the translator of Weber's texts into Japanese. Japanese modernists have come to view Japanese modernization as an ambiguous blending of irrational & rational elements, a judgment that stands in sharp contrast to that of US modernists, who tend to focus on Buddhism as an unequivocal catalyst for Japanese modernization. While these debates are not resolved, it is suggested that any good explanation of Japanese modernization will entail consideration of both cultural & structural factors. 31 References. D. M. Ryfe

Preliminary Material /Sven Saaler and Wolfgang Schwentker -- 1. Introduction The Realms Of Memory: Japan And Beyond /Sven Saaler and Wolfgang Schwentker -- 2. For The Nation Or For The People? History And Memory Of The Nanjing Massacre In Japan /Takashi Yoshida -- 3. Japan's 'Comfort Women' And Historical Memory: The Neo-Nationalist Counter-Attack /Yonson Ahn -- 4. Tokko– Zaidan: A Case Study Of Institutional Japanese War Memorialization /M.G. Sheftall -- 5. Remembering The War Crimes Trial: The Tokyo Trial View Of History /Yuki Takatori -- 6. Historical Memory And Shiba Ryōtarō: Remembering Russia, Creating Japan /Alexander Bukh -- 7. Developing Memories: Alumni Newsletters In Japanese Development Assistance /Annette Skovsted Hansen -- 8. Remodelling Public Space: The Fate Of War Monuments, 1945–48 /Michael Lucken -- 9. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum And Its Exhibition /Stefanie Schäfer -- 10. A Usable Past? Historical Museums Of The Self-Defence Forces And The Construction Of Continuities /André Hertrich -- 11. The New Image Of Childhood In Japan During The Years 1945-49 And The Construction Of A Japanese Collective Memory /Christian Galan -- 12. Satō– Eisaku, Yasuoka Masahiro And The Re-Establishment Of 11 February As National Day: The Political Use Of National Memory In Post-War Japan /Eddy Dufourmont -- 13. How Did Saigō Takamori Become A National Hero After His Death? The Political Uses Of Saigō's Figure And The Interpretation Of Seikanron /Noriko Berlinguez-Kōno -- 14. Literary Memories Of The Pacific War – Fiction Or Non-Fiction? Some Criteria For Further Research On Japanese War Literature /Harald Meyer -- 15. The Nokorimono Mode: Remembering The Atomic Bomb In The Diary Of Moriwaki Yoko /Adam Lebowitz -- 16. Becoming Insects: Imamura Shōhei And The Entomology Of Modernity /Bill Mihalopoulos -- 17. Memories Of A Liberal, Liberalism Of Memory: Tsuda Sōkichi And A Few Things He Forgot To Mention /Joël Joos -- 18. New Dimensions In Sino-Japanese Relations And The Memory Of The Sino-Japanese War Of 1894–95 /Valdo Ferretti -- 19. Development For Preservation: Localizing Collective Memory In 1960s Kanazawa /Peter Siegenthaler -- 20. The Remembrance Of The 1871 Nakano Uprising In Takayama Village As A Contemporary Trauma In Village Life Today /Selçuk Esenbel -- 21. History And The Construction Of Collective Memory: Positivist Historiography In The Age Of The Imperial Rescript On Education /Alistair Swale -- Index /Sven Saaler and Wolfgang Schwentker.