Unthinking the nation state as area
Interrogating Japan and Japanese studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4777541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Mcmorran (0000-0002-2684-9630, National University of Singapore, Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 815-821 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263775816656525 |
| OpenAlex | W2468926861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
Geographers and others have recently addressed the problematic of area studies by suggesting alternate ways to recognize the connectedness of peoples and places. However, some areas seem so self-evident as to resist their undoing. One such area is the nation state. In this paper, I examine the resilience of the nation state as area through the example of Japanese studies. I discuss the emergence in the United States of Japanese studies as a field, and thus Japan as an area worthy of study, due to its enemy status in World War II, which highlights a troubling disciplinary origin in interrogation that still haunts the academy. I continue by explaining how Japan's postwar amnesia of its pre-1945 empire and the influence of one research monograph in particular helped produce the enduring notion of a homogeneous and spatially isolated Japan. Subsequent decades of research have tried to undermine this notion, albeit without questioning the ontology of Japan itself. In this paper, I outline challenges to unthinking the nation state as area, including existing institutional barriers and the role of Japanese studies as a source of professional identity, both in general and for me personally
Adversary · Aesthetics · Identity (music · Nation state · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Undoing · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Gender Studies · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Psychology
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
The Myth of Continents
When and Where Japan Enters
Learning Places
Japan and National Anthropology
Mission Statement Responses
Imagining Japan in post-war East Asia
Three Principles for an Asian Humanities
Geography, Globalization, and the Problematic of Area Studies
"Some problems with "the Asian Century
Area Studies after Poststructuralism
Hegemony of Homogeneity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |