This work explores the historical writings of postwar Japanese Marxists - who were, and who continue to be, surprisingly numerous in the Japanese academic world. It shows how they developed in their historical writing ideas of radical nationalism, which accepted presupposed ideas of Japan's ethnic homogeneity, but which they saw as a revolutionary subject, creating a sphere of radical political action against the state, the American Occupation and global capital. It compares this approach in both prewar and postwar Marxist historiography, showing that in the postwar period ideas were more...
This work explores the historical writings of postwar Japanese Marxists - who were, and who continue to be, surprisingly numerous in the Japanese acad...
This timely look at a neglected corner of Japanese historiography spotlights the decade following the end of World War II, a time in which Japanese society was undergoing the transformation from imperial state to democratic nation. For certain working and middle-class women involved in education and labor activism, history-writing became a means to greater voice within the turbulent transition.
Women's History and Local Community in Postwar Japan examines the emergence of women's history-writing groups in Tokyo, Nagoya and Ehime, using interviews conducted with founding...
This timely look at a neglected corner of Japanese historiography spotlights the decade following the end of World War II, a time in which Japanese...
Exploring the historical writings of postwar Japanese Marxists, this book shows how they developed ideas of radical nationalism, creating a sphere of radical political action against the state, the American occupation and global capital.
Exploring the historical writings of postwar Japanese Marxists, this book shows how they developed ideas of radical nationalism, creating a sphere of ...
