Japonist Alexander Meshcheryakov examines the history of Japan from an unusual angle. Historical stages. social reforms, etc. considered through the prism of the attitude of the Japanese to their … body.
Alexander Meshcheryakov is a Japanese scholar, the author of books about Japanese totalitarianism, about the attitude of the Japanese to space, he devoted his new book to … the body. “History is a consequence of bodily life and its continuation,” the author believes. And it shows how the «etiquette» inherent in the Japanese has always seemed to «slow down» time. As frail and undersized Japanese who discovered Western civilization, they experienced an inferiority complex, and ultimately this «body complex» became the cause of most social reforms. The Japanese are drastically changing their diet, costumes and hairstyles. They «attribute» their body to become more «dynamic», and the Japanese history of the twentieth century is accelerating. The book will inspire someone to do their own research — it would be interesting to trace how the features of bodily behavior and the awareness of bodily differences influenced the historical processes in our country.
Eksmo, 432 p.