Samurai, violence, and state making

The development of the military and militarism in Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID8414556
AuthorsE Ben-Ari (0000-0003-3559-4622, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume29
Issue2
Pages61-72
Publication date1997-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4810 • E-ISSN: 1472-6033
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14672715.1997.10409692
OpenAlexW2334358601
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

These six volumes chart the development of Japanese militarization—the routine existence of military attitudes and practices and the glorification of military ideals—from its beginnings in the warrior bands that roamed the Kansai plain to the actions of the Japanese army during World War II. The books span institutional history and ideological developments, individual voices and collective texts, and the creation of a culture of militarism as they bear on the grand project of state making in Japan. Diverse in their focuses, methodological approaches, and theoretical sophistication, these books nevertheless shed light on some intriguing questions about the evolution of this society into the aggressor of World War II. Let me first outline the contents of each specific book and the questions it raises, and then deal with two issues that undergird all of them as a collection

Ideology · Militarism · Militarization · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · State (computer science · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law

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