Nationalisms in Japan

by Shimazu; Naoko

• ISBN13: 9780415400534
• ISBN10: 0415400538
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Nationalisms in Japanbrings together leading specialists in the field to discuss how notions of nationalism in modern Japan impinges on all aspects of social, political and cultural understanding of the Japanese nation or the Japanese state. This book is clearly presented and jargon-free, and encompasses a chronological period of roughly two hundred years, beginning with a discussion of some of the early Japanese national thinkers of the Mito School, and ending with a contemporary discussion of the official visits made by Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro to the highly controversial Yasukuni Shrine. This wide chronological period allows for important observations about the evolution of nationalism, suggesting that Japan actually houses multiple nationalisms. Presenting new insights and understanding, this is a valuable addition to those working on modern Japan and nationalism.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xii
Introduction	1	(8)
NAOKO SHIMAZU
1 Japanese national doctrines in international perspective	9	(32)
ERICA BENNER
2 Reading the diaries of Japanese conscripts: forging national consciousness during the Russo-Japanese war	41	(25)
NAOKO SHIMAZU
3 Internationalism and nationalism: anti-Western sentiments in Japanese foreign policy debates, 1918-22	66	(19)
HARUMI GOTO-SHIBATA
4 Japanese nationalist extremism, 1921-41, in historical perspective	85	(25)
STEPHEN S. LARGE
5 The making of Ainu moshiri: Japan's indigenous nationalism and its cultural fictions	110	(21)
RICHARD SIDDLE
6 The battle for hearts and minds: patriotic education in Japan in the 1990's and beyond	131	(24)
CAROLINE ROSE
7 The national politics of the Yasukuni Shrine	155	(26)
TETSUYA TAKAHASHI (trans. PHILIP SEATON)
Conclusion Towards nationalisms in Japan	181	(7)
NAOKO SHIMAZU
Index	188