Nippon Kaigi: Political Nationalism in Contemporary Japan

ISBN-13: 9781032574356 / Angielski

Thierry Guthmann; Arthur Stockwin

Opis

This book examines political nationalism in Japan through an in-depth analysis of the organisation, ideology and influence of Nippon Kaigi, the most significant nationalist pressure group in contemporary Japan.

Spis treści

1. A brief history of political nationalism (1945-2000)  2. Nippon Kaigi: the most important nationalist pressure group in contemporary Japan  3. Nippon Kaigi: a case representative of the unity and coherence of the ideological corpus of the Japanese nationalist circles  4. Political lobbying by Nippon Kaigi: between fantasy and reality  5. Religion and nationalism: the place of religious organisations within Nippon Kaigi  6. Japanese political nationalism: an inventory of fixtures

O autorze

Thierry Guthmann is a full professor at Mie public university, Japan. He is also a research associate at the Institut d'Asie Orientale (CNRS, Lyon, France).