EAST 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Meiji Period, Japan Today, Ryukyu Kingdom
5 May 2019
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Time is linear, empty time that is filled by everyone in the same way = way we understand it today. But time wasn"t always conceived this way = different calendars changing people"s lives = creates differences = time as a defining notion of a nation. The concept of state is imagined, a nation is an "imagined community" Use of idea of "traditions" in plural = there is a repertoire of thoughts, words, thoughts = this is a cultural field => one can draw upon them and become familiar or unfamiliar with a concept. Japan is made up of other cultures too, two neighboring policies after meiji restauration. = recognizes that living in the past was living like living in another country = different divisions and languages very edges of what we call japan were different ==> we owe it to history.
