War memory, nationalism and education in post-war Japan, 1945-2007 : the Japanese history textbook controversy and Ienaga Saburo's court challenges / Yoshiko Nozaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nozaki, Yoshiko, 1956-

Series:

Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 20.

Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--History--Textbooks.

Japan.

History.

Ienaga, Saburō, 1913-2002.

Ienaga, Saburō.

Japan--History--Study and teaching.

Education and state--Japan.

Education and state.

Textbooks--Censorship--Japan.

Textbooks.

Textbooks--Censorship.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xx, 198 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

The controversy over official state-approved history textbooks in Japan, which omit or play down many episodes of Japan's occupation of neighboring countries before and during the Pacific War, and which have been challenged by critics who favor a more historically balanced approach, goes to the heart of Japan's sense of itself as a nation. The degree to which Japan is willing to confront its past is not just about history, but also about how Japan defines itself at present, and going forward. This book examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. It sets the controversy in the context of debates about memory, and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan's relations with its neighbors and former colonies. It discusses in particular the struggles of Ienaga Saburo who has made crucial contributions, including through three epic lawsuits, in challenging the official government position.

Contents:

Japans defeat, educational reform, and the Japanese national narrative and identity in the early postwar years, 1945-1965

The politics over education: oppositional forces and Ienaga Saburo's first and second textbook lawsuits, 1950s-1970s

Counter memories of the Asia-Pcific War: the struggle for recognition, the history controversy, and school textbooks in the 1970s

Ienaga Saburo's third lawsuit and strategic conjunctures: changing intra- and inter-national relations and the textbook controversy in the 1980s

What is historical fact? Dispute over historical research and education in court

Court decisions on Ienaga Saburo's lawsuits and critical trends in history textbooks, the late 1980s-1997

Nationalism, democracy, and the textbook market: right-wing nationalist history textbook projects, 1982-2007

The Japanese history textbook controversy and the significance of Ienaga Saburo's textbook lawsuits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415371476

0415371473

9780203098769

0203098765

OCLC:

173248964