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Japanese View of Nature: Discursive Tradition, Its Problems and Implications for Food Studies

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  • Haruka Ueda

    (Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
    Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan)

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Revisiting one’s view of nature is essential if one is to construct a sustainable food system. In particular, the Japanese view of nature has been widely recognised as the philosophy of coexistence between humans and nature, with some optimism and over-simplification. In this article, a wide range of literature regarding the Japanese view of nature is carefully analysed, and three discursive traditions of such views—ancient thought, Buddhism and neo-Confucianism—are discussed. Although it is true that the harmonious philosophy between humans and nature has always existed in Japan as a cultural device, some major problems—namely, the confusion of history and ideology, the composite of traditional and modern natural views within contemporary eaters and the inevitable conflict between humans (the killers) and nature (the killed)—should be resolved to ultimately activate such an aesthetic natural view in encouraging favourable eating behaviours for sustainable natural food environments.

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  • Haruka Ueda, 2022. "Japanese View of Nature: Discursive Tradition, Its Problems and Implications for Food Studies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-10, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:13:p:8057-:d:853830
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