Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe

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Autor(a) principal: Pandey, Rajyashree
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2021.n11.24203
Resumo: Drawing on the insights offered in Dipesh Chakrabarty’s Provincializing Europe, this essay seeks to inquire into both the possibilities and limits of using modern categories of thought, which have emerged out of a specifically Western tradition, for an analysis of medieval Japanese texts. It questions the purpor- ted universalism of the categories body, gender, sex and agency – all of which are central to feminist analysis – for reading texts that emerged from within the East Asian religious and philosophical traditions. It argues that sex and gender, which are premised in modern thinking upon a division between natural attributes and social roles, have little valence in medieval Japanese writings because ‘nature’ and ‘society’ were not constituted as two separate spheres; and suggests that modern liberal conceptions of agency are inadequate for they cannot take into account gods and buddhas, who were seen as central actors in the cosmological/social world of medieval Japan.
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spelling Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing EuropeRepensar o Japão Medieval, Provincializing EuropecorpogénerosexoagênciabudismopassividadebodygendersexagencyBuddhismpassivityDrawing on the insights offered in Dipesh Chakrabarty’s Provincializing Europe, this essay seeks to inquire into both the possibilities and limits of using modern categories of thought, which have emerged out of a specifically Western tradition, for an analysis of medieval Japanese texts. It questions the purpor- ted universalism of the categories body, gender, sex and agency – all of which are central to feminist analysis – for reading texts that emerged from within the East Asian religious and philosophical traditions. It argues that sex and gender, which are premised in modern thinking upon a division between natural attributes and social roles, have little valence in medieval Japanese writings because ‘nature’ and ‘society’ were not constituted as two separate spheres; and suggests that modern liberal conceptions of agency are inadequate for they cannot take into account gods and buddhas, who were seen as central actors in the cosmological/social world of medieval Japan.Com base nas ideias avançadas em Provincializing Europe, de Dipesh Chakrabarty, este ensaio visa investigar as possibilidades e os limites do uso de categorias modernas de pensamento, surgidas no âmbito de uma tradição especificamente ocidental, para a análise de texto medievais japoneses. Este texto questiona o suposto universalismo das categorias de corpo, género, sexo e agência – todas centrais para a análise feminista – para a leitura de textos que surgiram de tradições religiosas e filosóficas do Leste Asiático. Argumento que o sexo e o género, os quais assentam na premissa do pensamento moderno que divide atributos naturais e papéis sociais, têm pouco valor nos escritos medievais japoneses uma vez que “natureza” e “sociedade” não foram constituídas como duas esferas separa- das; sugiro ainda que as concepções modernas de agência são inadequadas pois não podem tomar em consideração deuses e budas, os quais eram vistos como atores centrais no mundo cosmológico/social do Japão medieval.Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa2021-04-23info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2021.n11.24203https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2021.n11.24203Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past; No. 11 (2020); 35-51Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past; N.º 11 (2020); 35-512183-590Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/24203https://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/24203/17844Copyright (c) 2021 Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Pastinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPandey, Rajyashree2023-04-15T05:24:28Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/24203Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:49:24.292190Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
Repensar o Japão Medieval, Provincializing Europe
title Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
spellingShingle Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
Pandey, Rajyashree
corpo
género
sexo
agência
budismo
passividade
body
gender
sex
agency
Buddhism
passivity
title_short Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
title_full Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
title_fullStr Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
title_sort Rethinking Medieval Japan, Provincializing Europe
author Pandey, Rajyashree
author_facet Pandey, Rajyashree
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv corpo
género
sexo
agência
budismo
passividade
body
gender
sex
agency
Buddhism
passivity
topic corpo
género
sexo
agência
budismo
passividade
body
gender
sex
agency
Buddhism
passivity
description Drawing on the insights offered in Dipesh Chakrabarty’s Provincializing Europe, this essay seeks to inquire into both the possibilities and limits of using modern categories of thought, which have emerged out of a specifically Western tradition, for an analysis of medieval Japanese texts. It questions the purpor- ted universalism of the categories body, gender, sex and agency – all of which are central to feminist analysis – for reading texts that emerged from within the East Asian religious and philosophical traditions. It argues that sex and gender, which are premised in modern thinking upon a division between natural attributes and social roles, have little valence in medieval Japanese writings because ‘nature’ and ‘society’ were not constituted as two separate spheres; and suggests that modern liberal conceptions of agency are inadequate for they cannot take into account gods and buddhas, who were seen as central actors in the cosmological/social world of medieval Japan.
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