Le Japon pendant la Première Guerre mondiale
Fonctionnement de l’État et politique extérieure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6142477 |
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| Authors | Michel Vié (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 53 |
| Pages | 53-76 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ebisu (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1340-3656 • E-ISSN: 2189-1893 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ebisu.1839 |
| OpenAlex | W2562852733 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 4 |
Unprecedented in its scope, the First World War was also unique in the Western efforts it triggered to find the “meaning or direction of history”, a desire to see war as the secret to a peaceful world. But for Asia, how could this “direction of history” mean anything other than decolonization combining modernization and pre-modern roots? In 1914, this was achieved only by Japan, something made possible by its military victories but also by its immunity to external influences and its remoteness. Japan was a “Far Asia”, hence its view of China: a strong China would weaken the protection afforded by Japan’s distant location; weak, it would attract Westerners. For Japan, the war was less an opportunity to act than it was a period of self-interrogation
Art · Humanities · Political science · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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