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OverviewWalter Benjamin observed that it is precisely the modern which conjures up prehistory. From Yanagita’s ‘mountain people’ to Umehara’s ‘Jōmon civilisation’, Japan has been an especially resonant site of prehistories imagined in response to modernity. Conjuring Up Prehistory: Landscape and the Archaic in Japanese Nationalism looks at how archaeology and landscapes of the archaic have been used in Japanese nationalism since the early twentieth century, focusing on the writings of cultural historian Tetsurō Watsuji, philosopher Takeshi Umehara and environmental archaeologist Yoshinori Yasuda. It is argued that the Japanese nationalist project has been mirrored by the continuing influence of broader Romantic ideas in Japanese archaeology, especially in Jōmon studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark J. Hudson (Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History)Publisher: Archaeopress Imprint: Archaeopress Access Archaeology Weight: 0.320kg ISBN: 9781803271149ISBN 10: 1803271140 Pages: 90 Publication Date: 25 November 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Modernity, the archaic and Japanese Nature ; Chapter 1: Huddle together, warm bodies pressing: the community of Japanese eco-nationalism ; Chapter 2: I had not seen this kind of mountain or forest before: fūdo as Gothic landscape ; Chapter 3: Deep Japan: the spectre of strata ; Chapter 4: Romantic nationalism and the new Jōmonology ; Chapter 5: Conclusions: the violence of Japanese world-shapingReviewsAuthor InformationMark J. Hudson is a researcher in the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. He previously taught archaeology in Japan for more than 20 years and was Professor at the University of West Kyushu and the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre. His previous publications include Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands (Hawaii UP, 1999) and, as co-editor, Volume 1 of the Cambridge World History of Violence (CUP, 2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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