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Book launch of the Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory

24 November 2012

The main purpose of this event is to celebrate the publication of the new book, the Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory. This work showcases the collaboration of many prominent Japanese and Australian social scientists and is the first of its kind. The book is meant to provide a detailed, systematic appraisal of the major traditions of social theory prominent in Japan today. It features the newly commissioned work of some of the most well-respected Japanese scholars including Professor Kazuhisa Nishihara (President of the Society of Sociological Theory in Japan), Associate Professor Aiko Kashimura (Aichi University), Professor Masahiro Ogino (Dokkyo Medical University), Professor Yumiko Ehara (Tokyo Metropolitan University) and Professor Kiyomitsu Yui (Kobe University). Also contributing to this volume are many well respected scholars from Australia (e.g., Professor Emerita Chila Bulbeck (University of Adelaide); Dr. Laura Dales (University of Western Australia); Mr. Daniel Chaffee (Flinders University)) as well as those from other parts of the world  (e.g., Professor Roland Robertson (University of Aberdeen); Professor Bryan Turner (CUNY); Professor Axel Honneth (University of Frankfurt)). The book was organized and edited by Professor Anthony Elliott, Professor Masataka Katagiri and Professor Atsushi Sawai.

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