Temporal Identities and Security Policy in Postwar Japan EPUB
by Ulv (European Institute of Japanese Studies, Sweden) Hanssen
Part of the European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series series
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Through a discourse analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates, this book explores how different understandings of Japan’s history have led to sharply divergent security policies in the postwar period, whilst providing an explanation for the much-debated security policy changes under Abe Shinzo. Analyzing the ways identities can be constructed through ‘temporal othering,’ as well as ‘spatial othering,’ this book examines the rise of a new form of identity in Japan since the end of the Cold War, one that is differentiated not from prewar and wartime Japan, but from postwar Japan.
The champions of this identity, it argues, see the postwar past as a shameful period, characterized by self-imposed military restrictions, and thus the relentless chipping away of these limitations in recent years is indicative of how dominant this identity has become.
Exploring how these military restrictions have shifted from being a symbol of pride to a symbol of shame, this book demonstrates the concrete ways in which the past can both enable and constrain policy. Temporal Identities and Security Policy in Postwar Japan will be invaluable to students and scholars of Japanese politics and foreign policy, as well as international relations more generally.
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- Pages:234 pages, 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/06/2019
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- ISBN:9780429823817
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:234 pages, 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/06/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780429823817
