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Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The nihonjinron: thinking elites’ ideas of Japanese uniqueness; Chapter 3 Ideas of national distinctiveness: comparative perspectives; Chapter 4 Theories of ethnicity and nationalism: a critical review; Chapter 5 Modern Japanese society as Gemeinschaft: the holistic tradition in theories of modern Japan; Chapter 6 Perceptions of Japanese uniqueness among educators and businessmen; Chapter 7 The diffusion of ideas of Japanese uniqueness: the response of educators and businessmen to the nihonjinron; Chapter 8 Leading business elites, nationalism and cultural nationalism; Chapter 9 Explanations of the nihonjinron; Chapter 10 ‘Resurgent cultural nationalism’ and ‘prudent revivalist nationalism’;