Asia and Postwar Japan - Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity

Defeat in World War II profoundly shaped how the Japanese reconstructed national identity and reengaged with Asia. In Asia and Postwar Japan, Simon Avenell reveals the critical importance of Asia in Japanese thought, activism, and politics-as a symbolic geography, as a space for grassroots engagement, and as the source of a new politics of hope.

About the author

Simon Avenell is Professor in the School of Culture, History, and Language and Associate Dean at the Australian National University College of Asia and the Pacific.

Summary

Defeat in World War II profoundly shaped how the Japanese reconstructed national identity and reengaged with Asia. In Asia and Postwar Japan, Simon Avenell reveals the critical importance of Asia in Japanese thought, activism, and politics—as a symbolic geography, as a space for grassroots engagement, and as the source of a new politics of hope.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Avenell, Richard Rabinowitz
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9780674270978
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27097-8
• No. of pages: 450
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, HISTORY / General