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Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past
Engelsk Hardback
Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past
Engelsk Hardback

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This book is the first authoritative volume in English on Yasukuni, the controversial Shinto shrine in the heart of Tokyo, dedicated to the Japanese war dead. Twelve convicted and two suspected Class A war criminals are enshrined at Yasukuni, while the shrine''s museum narrates an account of Japan''s actions in the Second World War that is best described as revisionist. Visits to the shrine by cabinet members often set off protests at home and abroad, especially in China, Korea and Taiwan, and Yasukuni remains a source of considerable mistrust between the Chinese and Japanese governments. Despite the controversy, the former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made annual visits from 2001-6. The distinctive feature of this volume is that it sets out neither to commend Yasukuni nor to condemn it; it seeks, rather, to present authoritative yet divergent views, thereby allowing the contributors to render more complex an issue which, in the media at least, has long been portrayed in starkly simplistic terms. It accommodates chapters by leading pro-Yasukuni and anti-Yasukuni Japanese intellectuals; it carries multiple Chinese perspectives; and there are also contributions from Western commmentators who offer their own insights on the shrine and its place in post war Japanese diplomacy, ideology and history.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781850659075
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1850659079
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
13 mar 2008
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
149mm
Højde:
223mm
Forlag:
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
13 mar 2008
Forfatter(e):
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