Sakai The End of Pax Americana

The Loss of Empire and Hikikomori Nationalism
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2221-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 362 Seiten

Reihe: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society

Naoki Sakai examines the decline of US hegemony in Japan and East Asia and its impact on national identity and legacies of imperialism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sakai, Naoki

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. History and Responsibility: Debates over The Showa History 37
2. From Relational Identity to Specific Identity: On Equality and Nationality 57
3. Asian Theory and European Humanity: On the Question of Anthropological Difference 91
4. "You Asians": On the Historical Role of the Binary of the West and Asia 129
5. Addressing the Multitude of Foreigners, Echoing Foucault / Naoki Sakai and John Solomon 159
6. The Loss of Empire and Inward-Looking Society 183
Part 1: Area Studies and Transpacific Complicity 183
Part 2: Empire Under Subcontract 197
Part 3: Inward-Looking Society 247
Conclusion: Shame and Decolonization 269
Appendix 1. Memorandum on Policy towards Japan / Edwin O. Reischauer 287
Appendix 2. Statement on Racism Prepared by William Haver and Naoki Sakai, March 20, 1987, in Chicago / William Haver and Naoki Sakai 291
Notes 295
References 329
Index 341

Über Autor(innen)

Naoki Sakai is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Asian Studies Emeritus at Cornell University and the author of many books, including Voices of the Past: The Status of Language in Eighteenth-Century Japanese Discourse and Translation and Subjectivity: On Japan and Cultural Nationalism.