1st Edition

Japan's New Left Movements Legacies for Civil Society

By Takemasa Ando Copyright 2014
228 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident that followed the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake in Japan shocked the world. In the wake the of the disaster, questions were asked as to why Japanese antinuclear movements were not able to prevent those with vested interests, such as businesses, bureaucrats, the media and academics, from facilitating nuclear energy policies? Taking this question as its... Read more

Introduction 1. Before the Emergence of "Everydayness": People’s Movements for Democratisation in the early Postwar Period 2. Transforming "Everydayness": The Formation and Development of New Left Movements in the 1960s 3. The Decline of the New Left from the 1960s into the 1970s: The Changing Characteristics of Self-revolution in "Everydayness" 4. Japanese New Left in the 1970s: The Development of Self-transformation in "Everydayness" 5. The Lack of "New Politics" in Japan in the 1970s 6.Conclusion

Biography

Takemasa Ando is an Associate Professor at Musashi University, Japan