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The Left in the Shaping of Japanese Democracy: Essays in Honour of J.A.A. Stockwin(Routledge/Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics, History and Media)

The Left in the Shaping of Japanese Democracy: Essays in Honour of J.A.A. Stockwin(Routledge/Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics, History and Media)


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Arthur Stockwin, as much as any Westerner living, made the Japanese Left a compelling concern for the political scientist and historian alike. This Oxford Festschrift seeks to honour him with a set of essays that reach beyond all previous studies of this great movement. Part I focuses on left-wing thought. Christopher Goto-Jones probes the texts and reputations of two left-wing ?martyrs? of Imperial Japan: Jun Tosaka and Kiyoshi Miki; Rikki Kersten retraces the career of Hisashi Aso, the leftist leader who controversially embraced the army as an agency of anti-capitalist revolution; and David Williams mobilizes Hobbes, Carl Schmitt and Foucault to dissect the Left?s understanding of constitutional sovereignty. Part II addresses the post-war scene. Robert Aspinall examines the rise and fall of Nikkyo-so, the militant teachers? union; Koichi Nakano reveals the Left?s impact on conservative efforts to privatize the state sector; and Sarah Hyde recounts the strange but sudden death of parliamentary socialism. In Part III, ?Settling Accounts?, Leonard J. Schoppa highlights the embrace of the free market by former leftist politicians; Williams returns the study of the Japanese Left to its critical roots via a post 9/11 critique of American Empire; and Junji Banno offers a passionate ?last judgment? on the fate of the Left in Japanese politics.

Table of Contents:
A Tribute to Arthur Stockwin Rikki Kersten. An Oxford Festschrift: The Book in Brief David Williams. Acknowledgments. Japanese Usage and Style Part 1: Left-Wing Thought from the Russian Revolution to the War on Terrorism 1. The Left Hand of Darkness: Forging a Political Left in Interwar Japan Christopher Goto-Jones 2. Painting the Emperor Red: The Emperor and the Socialists in the 1930s Rikki Kersten 3. The Japanese Evasion of Sovereignty – Article 9 and the European Canon: Hobbes, Carl Schmitt and Foucault David Williams Part 2: The Metamorphosis of the Left in Postwar Japan 4. The Rise and Fall of Nikkyo-so: Classroom Idealism, Union Power and the Three Phases of Japanese Politics since 1955 Robert W. Aspinall 6. ‘Democratic Government’ and the Left Koichi Nakano 7. The End Game of Socialism: From the JSP to the DJP Sarah Hyde Part 3: Settling Accounts: Globalization, American Empire and History’s Judgment 8. Neo-Liberal Economic Policy Preferences of the ‘New Left’: Home-Grown or an Anglo-American Import? Leonard J. Schoppa 9. After Abu Ghraib: American Empire, the Left-Wing Intellectual and Japan Studies David Williams 10. The Left in the Shaping of Japanese Democracy: Historical Overview Junichi Banno

About the Author :
Leiden University, The Netherlands Cardiff University, UK

Review :
"...intellectual historians of prewar Japan will find solid scholarship and food for thought." -- Patricia G. Steinhoff, Journal of Japanese Studies, V. 34, No. 1, 2008 "A festschrift offered to Oxford don J.A.A Stockwin,pioneering British Japanologist and specialist on the left,this edited collection likewise focuses upon left wing themes in Japanese modern history. The abruptness with which the political map of Japan has been redrawn in very recent years has obviously rendered conventional texts irrelevant.For its iconclastic style,its overlapping historically grounded essays and "up to date-ness" ,this book is highly recommended to students and teachers of Japanese politics alike."--Geoffrey C.Gunn,International Annual Bibliography of Festschriften


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415334341
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 188
  • Sub Title: Essays in Honour of J.A.A. Stockwin
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0415334349
  • Publisher Date: 19 Dec 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Routledge/Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics, History and Media
  • Weight: 517 gr


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