List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Introduction: Symbolic Dimension of Political Life
The Concepts of Power and Change
Symbolic Dimension Indispensable for Power and Change
Deformative/Transformative Qualities of Liminality
Manifestation of Liminality in the Life-world of Ordinary People
The Structure of a Worldview
Case Studies
Chapter Two
Political Rituals
Informal Social Activities of the Finance Committee in the Japanese Diet
The Meaning of an Election: Stranger-king, Native Son, and Symbolic Rejuvenation of th eCommunity
Chapter Three
Symbolic Interludes in Political Life
Comedians, Laughter, and Play
Shedding Tears: Suspension of Politics
Chapter Four
On Liminal Qualities
Nakagawa Ichiro: A Uniquely Popular Trickster-Politician
Tanaka Kakuei and Nakasone Yasuhiro: Deformers at the Center
Chapter Five
Conclusion: On the Basis for Democracy and Social Transformation
The Dereifying Effect of People's Reflexivity
Freedom, Democracy, and Individualism
References Cited
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