The Victim as Hero : : Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan / / James J. Orr.
This is the first systematic, historical inquiry into the emergence of "victim consciousness" (higaisha ishiki) as an essential component of Japanese pacifist national identity after World War II. In his meticulously crafted narrative and analysis, the author reveals how postwar Japanese e...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Victims, Victimizers, And Mythology
- Chapter 2. Leaders And Victims Personal War Responsibility During The Occupation
- Chapter 3. Hiroshima And Yuiitsu No Hibakukoku Atomic Victimhood In The Antinuclear Peace Movement
- Chapter 4. Educating A Peace-Loving People Narratives Of War In Postwar Textbooks
- Chapter 5. "Sentimental Humanism" The Victim In Novels And Film
- Chapter 6. Compensating Victims The Politics Of Victimhood
- Chapter 7. Beyond The Postwar
- Appendix 1. The Stockholm Appeal
- Appendix 2. Suginami Ward'S Petition To Ban The Hydrogen Bomb
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About The Author