Defeat in World War II profoundly shaped how the Japanese reconstructed national identity and reengaged with Asia. In Asia and Postwar Japan, Simon Avenell reveals the critical importance of Asia in Japanese thought, activism, and politics—as a symbolic geography, as a space for grassroots engagement, and as the source of a new politics of hope.


Format Inbunden Omfång 450 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harvard University Press Utgivningsdatum 2022-07-12 ISBN 9780674270978