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These are publications of IJS' 'Special Lecture Series' by internationally reknown scholars for the purpose of distributing to the public.

The Birth of Good Japanese

Author Harry HAROOTUNIAN Date 2011-07-30
Contents

Lecture Notes
1. Theory on “Japanese” and the Subject of Postwar Japan’s Democracy
2. Background of the Birth of “Desirable Human Character”
3. Modern “Civilization Criticism” and the Traditional Japan’s Value on “Spirit”
4. Backlash on Modern Culture of Pleasure and Sex and Alternative and the Rising Alternative of Home and the Emporer
5. Conclusion


Discussion
1. Changing Research Perception on Contemporary Japan’s Ideology/ Culture
2. Asia is no longer a Momentum
3.“Desirable Human Character” and the “Charter of National Education”


Appendix
1. Desirable Human Character (the body of the book)
2. Summarizing the Report of “Desirable Human Character”

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