Identity, Culture and Memory in Japanese Foreign Policy

ISBN-13: 9781433172021 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 210 str.

Michal Kolmas; Yoichiro Sato

Opis

The book discusses the changing nature of Japanese foreign policy through the concepts of identity, culture and memory. A set of chapters written by established Japanese and foreign experts show the nuances of Japanese self-images and their role in defining their understanding of the world.

Spis treści

Yoichiro Sato: Preface - Acknowledgments - Michal Kolmas: Introduction: National Identity and the Study of Japan - Hidetaka Yoshimatsu: National Identity and Asian Diplomacy under Abe - Yoshinori Kaseda: Ideational Factors behind the Erosion of Japan's Pacifism - Utpal Vyas: Japan-UK Relations before and after the Brexit Referendum - Yoichiro Sato: Industrial Policies, the East Asian Miracle, and Regional Integration after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis - Takashi Hosoda: National Identity, National Pride, and Armed Force in Japan: How to Verify the Existence of Pacifist Culture in Japan - Jan Sýkora: Collective (Historical) Memory and National Identity in Contemporary Japan: Contested War Narrative and Myth-Making in Japan's Longest Day - Emilia S. Heo: Through the Eyes of Others: Postwar Reconciliation Narrative in Contemporary Japan - David Kozisek: China as an Other in Japanese Media: Construction of National Identity - Notes on Contributors - Index.

O autorze

Michal Kolmas holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Charles University in Prague and is currently an associate professor at Metropolitan University Prague. His articles on Japanese foreign policy appeared in journals such as The Pacific Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Japanese Journal of Political Science and others. His latest book National Identity and Japanese Revisionism was published in 2019.