Language, Ideology and Japanese History Textbooks

ISBN-13: 9780415863117 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 208 str.

Christopher Barnard

Opis

The Japanese history textbook debate is one that keeps making the news, particularly with reference to claims that Japan has never 'apologised properly' for its actions between 1931 and 1945, and that it is one of the few liberal, democratic countries in which textbooks are controlled and authorised by the central government. There are frequent protests, both from within Japan and from overseas, that a biased, nationalistic history is taught in Japanese schools. This is the first time that all the authorised textbooks currently in use have been analysed using a critical discourse that is anchored firmly in the theory of 'language within society', elucidating the meanings and associated ideologies created by the language of the textbooks.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Rape of Nanking: Processes and Participants
Chapter 3: The Attacks by Germany and Japan: The Ideology of Irresponsibility
Chapter 4: The Surrenders of Germany and Japan: The Ideology of Face-Protection
Chapter 5: Conclusion Locating the Findings in a Wider Context

O autorze

Christopher Barnard is Associate Professor in the Department of Anglo-American Language and Culture, Teikyo University, Tokyo.