Overview
- Fills a temporal gap in various narratives of radical resistance in the postwar period
- Highlights an international context by writing the Korean War into the history of postwar Japan
- Features new materials like the memoirs of Korean-Japanese student activists
Part of the book series: New Directions in East Asian History (NDEAH)
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This book offers a timely and multifaceted reanalysis of student radicalism in postwar Japan. It considers how students actively engaged the early postwar debates over subjectivity, and how the emergence of a new generation of students in the mid-1950s influenced the nation’s embrace of the idea that ‘the postwar’ had ended. Attentive to the shifting spatial and temporal boundaries of ‘postwar Japan,’ it elucidates previously neglected histories of student and zainichi Korean activism and their interactions with the Japanese Communist Party. This book is a key read for scholars in the field of Japanese history, social movements and postcolonial studies, as well as the history of student radicalism.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kenji Hasegawa is an Associate Professor at Yokohama National University, Japan. He received his undergraduate degree from Keio University and doctoral degree in history from Stanford University. His research interest lies in modern history and prior publications include Rediscovering America: Japanese Perspectives on the American Century, co-edited with Peter Duus in 2011.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Student Radicalism and the Formation of Postwar Japan
Authors: Kenji Hasegawa
Series Title: New Directions in East Asian History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1777-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1776-7Published: 27 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4682-8Published: 16 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1777-4Published: 17 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2522-0195
Series E-ISSN: 2522-0209
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 218
Topics: History of Japan, Imperialism and Colonialism, History of Korea, Modern History