NOTES EASC 1/29/08 Japanese has three sets of characters Chinese identity not super important Chinese allow outsiders in if they recognize Chinese superiority GODZIRRA!!!! AAAHHHH! o Timing of release in japan and us News comes from visual sources or something like that o Japanese game shows "punish ignorance?" o Mxc a parody of a parody East asia was object of ridicule, now America object of ridicule in media/pop culture Decline of US and rise of China Godzilla clips o Longest and oldest Godzilla franchise o Over 30 films o Original- anti nuclear war and testing o Godzilla was defender and champion of Japan o Themes- blaah blaaa bloo blee blah im drunk Emphasize vulnerability of japan o Motivated by Confucian concern for people o American version- mayor of new york interested in reelection o Americans created Godzilla in jap film o French created it in America GET MIDTERM BULLSHIT FROM STEPH! QUESTION: Levey mulder thing- "one cannot but be struck by the great differences among the various countries in east asia in their speeds and ( various countries have varied in their speed and nature of responses to the west and differences are because of the traditional cultures of the societies)" western imperialism is similar in China and Japan but outcomes different because traditional societies different. QUOTE 2: "what was it that enable japan to take a course so radically different than that of all the other countries in the now underdeveloped world? The answer to ths question is that japan is the only country in the world that escaped being made a colony of a western civilization." It was successful because it avoided being a colony. QUESTION: as the above quotes indicate, there is great disagreement among those who attempt to explain the different patterns of modernizations in china and Japan. Compare and contrast at least three of the sources used in the course (readings videos). Which approach is most reasonable and why? IDS: identify and provide an elaboration on the content or meaning of it Feudalism in japan Why japan is more successful in modernizing than china Main theories of Eligy Mulders theory of incorporation Ian brumas views on why it modernized so rapidly Leavey article: why did industrialization take place rapidly in japan and slowly in china HYPOTHESIS 1Responses were based on the social structures in each society Molder looked at impact of external environment Traditional societies relatively similar Moulder in world economy theorist mold Levy- traditional society theorist HYPOTHESIS 2Nonsocial factors for levey are not relavent to the analysis Transition to industrialization did not upset the system of social control as it did in china In japan a group of individualas were more easily converted to industrializationsaumrai became bankers. Changes weren't crucial to industrialization purpose Three stages in china and japan o Initial stage- traditional society o Transitional stage- during switch o Resultant stage- post industrialization 1623-1651- early tomogawa period o initial stage because wants to go back before any industrialization in japan, china later o to understand what happened in japan you have to understand the fundamental social structure traditional social structure is the most important for leavey- only thing that affects the speed of industrialization most significant feature of china- Family o basic economic unit, allocate power responsibility o theory of government in china could not be unjust to anyone o emperor was called son of heaven Japan was feudal system o Mao tsedeng- said semi feudal NOT TRUE o Levey says not feudal at all, what is feudalism 1. Closed social classes 2. Well defined hierarchy of power holders 3. The identification of each individual as respobsible to some other individual above him in the hierarchy and related to others not in this hierarchicial line because of his superior's relationship with them 4. Distribution of goods and services based on rank and rank comes from place within the hierarchy o Chinese gentry- someone who became a member of china's ruling class o Wasn't lack of understanding but social structure that prohibited reinvestment. Would rather invest in land o TRADITIONAL SOCIETY IMPORTANT!!! Pay attention to it MORE STUFF Leavey on japan Initial japan most important 4 events highly centralized and highly decentralized elements in four areas there are differences 2 most important o role of the family o role of the merchants o both related to the fact that japan is a feudal system and china isn't Merchants in Japan, closed society o In japan, no matter how much merchant or businessman might want to, cannot change status o Merchants cannot stop being merchants o Money for investment could not be put into land o Merchants compelled to think in terms of production, reinvestment, became vital to upper class o More successful they were the more essential they were to the upper class o Changes in japan grew out of old order, evolved from merchants o Rose to power over the elite and became kingpins of system 2/28/08 CHINA BLUE Director- wal mart movie o Became interested in globalization o Peled o Trying to make people who wear blue jeans think about process Over 100 million people leave countryside to find work in factories Many young women Plays HUGE role in globalization network Wal mart- every penny significant in terms of profit- have factory owners compete to give lower price Director knows no Chinese, relies on associate producer Women go work in city at 14