Japan and the global revival of the 'civil society' idea: contemporaneity and the retreat of criticality

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dc.contributor.authorAvenell, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:07:43Z
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the pioneering role of Japanese intellectuals in the contemporary (post-1945) global revival of civil society. Although often overlooked or discounted in recent scholarship, Japanese intellectuals were among the first contemporary theorists worldwide to re-conceptualize civil society as a remedy for two of the central problematics of the post-World War II era: the theoretical and practical crisis in Marxism, on the one hand, and the anomie of advanced capitalist development, on the other hand. The article argues that any comprehensive global history of contemporary civil society must consider the insights of these Japanese thinkers alongside those of their Continental and North American counterparts. More critically, the article also suggests that Japanese civil society thought merits attention because it vividly exposes the dearth of criticality and excess of celebration in the idea's recent resurgence. The result in Japan (and elsewhere) has been an ironic and troubling retreat of criticality coupled with a naïve faith in the therapeutic capacity of civil society.
dc.identifier.issn0955-5803
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/55263
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceJapan Forum
dc.subjectKeywords: Civil society; Contemporary Japanese history; Political thought
dc.titleJapan and the global revival of the 'civil society' idea: contemporaneity and the retreat of criticality
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage338
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage311
local.contributor.affiliationAvenell, Simon, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu1818145@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidAvenell, Simon, u1818145
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160602 - Citizenship
local.identifier.absseo940106 - Citizenship and National Identity
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4455832xPUB323
local.identifier.citationvolume23
local.identifier.doi10.1080/09555803.2011.597510
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-80053517672
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4455832
local.type.statusPublished Version

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