Time and the Political in Japanese Society

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  • Time and the Political in Japanese Soci

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The aim of this paper is, first, to elucidate the configuration of some problems concerning 'Time and the Political' in the history of Japanese society. I think that the most important characteristic of Japanese society at present is the accumulated structure of three strata, namely, 'Pre-Modern action/ relation process', 'Modern action/relation process' and 'Post-Modern action/relation process' -these three strata are piled up simultaneously-. I will argue how this chracteristic has been affected by the present rapid social changes- 'high information society', 'mass consumption society', 'over-managerial society'-in Japanese society today. Second, I would like to consider the fact that the Time of Japanese people's life world was regarded as necessary resource for 'enriching the nation, strengthening the armed forces' policy in the modernizing process of Japan since 1867. Here, it is need to take notice the strong control and arrangement of Time Budget by the Meiji nation was able to be successful only with the foundation of foregoing Tokugawa feudal regime. It distorted the social relevance between 'Private' and 'Public' into the pattern of 'selfless de votion to his nation-absolute Public-'. It also impeded the formation of individualism among Japanese people on the basis of 'Private' action/relation process. Finally, I will examine significant aspects of Time under the industrialization, urbanization and privatization after the defeat of Japanese fascism (1945); after that, I will show the prospect for the liberation of the 'ensemble of relations' -it seems to be the most keen theme about 'the Politics of Freedom' in Japanese society today.

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  • 社會勞働研究

    社會勞働研究 45 (1), 100-71, 1998-09

    法政大学社会学部学会

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