1st Edition
On the Persistence of the Japanese History Problem Historicism and the International Politics of History
By Hitomi Koyama
Copyright 2018
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
168 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In Japan, people often refer to August 15, 1945 as the end of "that war." But the duration of "that war" remains vague. At times, it refers to the fifteen years of war in the Asia-Pacific. At others, it refers to an imagination of the century long struggle between the East and the West that characterized much of the 19th century. This latter dramatization in particular reinforces longstanding... Read more
Introduction Rethinking Persistence in Impatient Times: The International Politics of History in East Asia, Chapter 1 On the Recursivity of the Politics of History, Chapter 2 On the Rise and Demise of Civilizational History in Meiji Japan, Chapter 3 The Assertion: Japan as the Subject of World History, Chapter 4 On the Postwar Palimpsest Subject of History, Conclusion
Biography
Hitomi Koyama is a University Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands.
