To form a truer portrait of Northeast Asian perspectives on modernity, this book presents a broad range of analyses from philosophical and political-philosophical scholars specializing in the region. From the Contents: 2. Equality and Nationality: The Emergence of Modern Identity Politics (Naoki Sakai); 5. Marginalized Science of Modernity: Statistics and Building a Nation-State without Knowing Oneself (Koichiro Matsuda); 9. Multiple Dialogues over Modernity: Considerations on Maruyama Masao's Political Thought (Takashi Kibe); 10. Competing Modernities in Colony and Metropol: The Establishment of the Police System in Meiji Japan (Naoyuki Umemori).