Beyond the Western Liberal Order Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society

by Nakano, Ryoko

• ISBN13: 9781137290502
• ISBN10: 1137290501
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-01-08
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book explores the international thought of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961), the most prominent Japanese social scientist of empire, population migration, and colonial policy during the 1920s and 1930s. Each chapter begins by taking up one theme in his study of empire, including global migration, economic disparity and hierarchy, ethnic conflict, and regionalism, and follows by demonstrating the relevance of Yanaihara's ideas to current debates and discussion in International Relations. This book appeals to students and scholars in International Relations, Political Thought, and Japanese Intellectual History.

Author Biography

Ryoko Nakano is Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore. She has published on the history of Japanese political thought and norm diffusion in Japan in journals such as Millennium, International Relations, and Social Science Japan Journal.

Table of Contents

IntroductionWhat is Society?A World of MigrationDevelopment and DependencyAutonomy under Imperial RuleAsianism vs. Internationalism?Conclusion