Richard M Reitan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5841007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard M Reitan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard M |
| FAMILY NAME | Reitan |
| SIGNATURE | REITAN R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Franklin & Marshall College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ecology and Japanese History
Much ecological thought today turns to Japan's past for inspiration. The reason, according to conservative Japanese ecologists, deep ecologists, and environmental philosophers, is that Japan's history of aesthetic "oneness" with nature provides a model for the world to emulate as it addresses the global environmental crisis. I critique this view by showing that conservative, or more accurately, reactionary ecology in Japan is closely intertwined …
Moral Nation
Reviewed by: Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History by Miriam Kingsberg Richard Reitan (bio) Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History. By Miriam Kingsberg. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2014. xviii, 304 pages. $60.00, cloth; $60.00, E-book. Moral Nation explores the history of modern Japan, from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s, through the lens of the problem of narcotics addiction, trade…
Narratives of “Equivalence”
This article traces the emergence of neoliberalism in Japan and critically assesses the strategies through which it has attained legitimacy. The assertion in the 1970s that Japan was a “middle-mass” society in which all enjoyed common income levels and lifestyles operated as a narrative of socioeconomic equivalence that helped to legitimize the neoliberal policies of the time, to conceal economic disparities, and to contain strikes impeding econo…
Claiming Personality
In early twentieth-century Japan, educators, journalists, and government bureaucrats debated the “proper” roles for women in society. They approached this “woman problem” as a struggle between two competing moral ideals for women: the “good wife/wise mother” and the “new woman.” Proponents of the former condemned the latter as a dangerous threat to “traditional” gender norms. Yet new women—few in number and with their publications closely regulat…
Völkerpsychologie and the Appropriation of “Spirit” in Meiji Japan
Conceptions of Geist (mind/spirit) associated with German Romanticism shaped ideologies of national folk, not only in Europe but elsewhere in the world. In Meiji Japan (1868–1912) psychologists drew upon Volkerpsychologie (folk psychology) and Geist to create a narrative of Japanese folk mind/spirit. Here, spirit functioned as a “hidden essence” which substantiated the integrity of the folk, positioned the folk hierarchically in opposition to oth…
Narratives of “Equivalence”
This article traces the emergence of neoliberalism in Japan and critically assesses the strategies through which it has attained legitimacy. The assertion in the 1970s that Japan was a “middle-mass” society in which all enjoyed common income levels and lifestyles operated as a narrative of socioeconomic equivalence that helped to legitimize the neoliberal policies of the time, to conceal economic disparities, and to contain strikes impeding econo…
Völkerpsychologie and the Appropriation of “Spirit” in Meiji Japan
Conceptions of Geist (mind/spirit) associated with German Romanticism shaped ideologies of national folk, not only in Europe but elsewhere in the world. In Meiji Japan (1868–1912) psychologists drew upon Volkerpsychologie (folk psychology) and Geist to create a narrative of Japanese folk mind/spirit. Here, spirit functioned as a “hidden essence” which substantiated the integrity of the folk, positioned the folk hierarchically in opposition to oth…
Claiming Personality
In early twentieth-century Japan, educators, journalists, and government bureaucrats debated the “proper” roles for women in society. They approached this “woman problem” as a struggle between two competing moral ideals for women: the “good wife/wise mother” and the “new woman.” Proponents of the former condemned the latter as a dangerous threat to “traditional” gender norms. Yet new women—few in number and with their publications closely regulat…
Narratives of “Equivalence”
This article traces the emergence of neoliberalism in Japan and critically assesses the strategies through which it has attained legitimacy. The assertion in the 1970s that Japan was a “middle-mass” society in which all enjoyed common income levels and lifestyles operated as a narrative of socioeconomic equivalence that helped to legitimize the neoliberal policies of the time, to conceal economic disparities, and to contain strikes impeding econo…
Moral Nation
Reviewed by: Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History by Miriam Kingsberg Richard Reitan (bio) Moral Nation: Modern Japan and Narcotics in Global History. By Miriam Kingsberg. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2014. xviii, 304 pages. $60.00, cloth; $60.00, E-book. Moral Nation explores the history of modern Japan, from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s, through the lens of the problem of narcotics addiction, trade…
Ecology and Japanese History
Much ecological thought today turns to Japan's past for inspiration. The reason, according to conservative Japanese ecologists, deep ecologists, and environmental philosophers, is that Japan's history of aesthetic "oneness" with nature provides a model for the world to emulate as it addresses the global environmental crisis. I critique this view by showing that conservative, or more accurately, reactionary ecology in Japan is closely intertwined …
Japanese History and Culture (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Legitimacy (2 works)