Shoko Yoneyama: 2 books
The Japanese High School
Silence and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
For large numbers of school students in Japan school has become a battle field. Recent violent events in schools, together with increasing drop-out rates and bullying are undermining stereotypes about the effectiveness of the Japanese education system. This incisive and original book looks at Japanese...
Animism in Contemporary Japan
Voices for the Anthropocene from post-Fukushima Japan
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
‘Postmodern animism’ first emerged in grassroots Japan in the aftermath of mercury poisoning in Minamata and the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima. Fusing critiques of modernity with intangible cultural heritages, it represents a philosophy of the life-world, where nature is a manifestation of a dynamic...