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Defending Japan's Pacific War: The Kyoto School Philosophers and Post-White Power Hardcover - 2004

by David Williams


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This book puts forward a revisionist view of Japanese wartime thinking. It seeks to explore why Japanese intellectuals, historians and philosophers of the time insisted that Japan had to turn its back on the West and attack the United States and the British Empire. Based on a close reading of the texts written by members of the highly influential Kyoto School, and revisiting the dialogue between the Kyoto School and the German philosopher Heidegger, it argues that the work of Kyoto thinkers cannot be dismissed as mere fascist propaganda, and that this work, in which race is a key theme, constitutes a reasoned case for a post-White world. The author also argues that this theme is increasingly relevant at present, as demographic changes are set to transform the political and social landscape of North America and Western Europe over the next fifty years.

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  • Title Defending Japan's Pacific War: The Kyoto School Philosophers and Post-White Power
  • Author David Williams
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2004-09-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780415323147 / 0415323142
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Japan, Philosophy - Japan - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004006455
  • Dewey Decimal Code 952.033

About the author

David Williams is one of Europe's leading thinkers about modern Japan. Born in Los Angeles, he was educated in Japan and at UCLA, and has contributed for many years to the opinion section of the Los Angeles Times. He has taught at Oxford, where he took his doctorate, Sheffield and Cardiff Universities. During twelve of his 25 years in Japan, he was an editorial writer for The Japan Times. He is the author of Japan: Beyond the End of History and Japan and the Enemies of Open Political Science.

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