Cantankerous Essays: Musings of a Disillusioned Japanophile

By Ronald Dore

Here is a cri de coeur from almost the last survivor of post-war European sociologists and scholars of Japanese Studies. After six decades following developments in Japanese society, economy and culture - he describes the evolution of his cognitive and evaluative/emotional perceptions of Japan, and why he can no longer be a Japanophile.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041176546
• ISBN13: 9781041176541
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"