Table of contents : Contents Tables Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Nativism, Exceptionalism, Emics, And Etics Chapter One. Kokugaku, Nativism, And “Exceptional” Japan Chapter Two. Sonnō-Jō’I Nativism And Bakumatsu Japan Chapter Three. Proving Uniqueness And Asserting Superiority: The History Of Exceptionalism Chapter Four. Seventeenth-Century Tokugawa Exceptionalism Chapter Five. From Exceptionalism To Nativism: Mitogaku And Nineteenth-Century Japan Conclusion. Transcending Confucian Hierarchy With A Logocentric Binary Epilogue Notes Glossary References Index About The Author