The end of Pax Americana : the loss of empire and Hikikomori nationalism / Naoki Sakai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakai, Naoki, 1946- author.

Series:

Asia-Pacific

Asia-pacific : culture, politics, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--Social aspects--East Asia--History--20th century.

Postcolonialism.

Postcolonialism--Social aspects--Japan--History--20th century.

Hikikomori.

Social isolation--Japan.

Social isolation.

Postcolonialism--Social aspects.

History.

East Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

East Asia.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"In The End of Pax Americana, Naoki Sakai focuses on the long history of US hegemony in East Asia and the effects of its decline on contemporary conceptions of internationality. Engaging with themes of nationality in conjunction with internationality, the civilizational construction of differences between East and West, and empire and decolonization, Sakai focuses on the formation of a nationalism of hikikomori (or "reclusive withdrawal") -Japan's increasingly inward-looking tendency since the late 1990s, named from the phenomenon of the nation's young people reclusing themselves from public life. Sakai argues that the exhaustion of Pax Americana and the post-World War II international order-under which Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and China experienced rapid modernization through consumer capitalism and a media revolution-signals neither the "decline of the West" nor the rise of the East but rather a dislocation and decentering of European and North American political, economic, diplomatic, and intellectual influence. This decentering is symbolized by the sense of the loss of old colonial empires such as those of Japan, Britain, and the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

History and Responsibility: Debates over Showa History

From Relational Identity to Specific Identity: On Equality and Nationality

Asian Theory and European Humanity: On the Question of Anthropological Difference

"You Asians": On the Historical Role of the Binary of the West and Asia

Addressing the Multitude of Foreigners, Echoing Foucault

Naoki Sakai and Jon Solomon

The End of Pax Americana and the Nationalism of Hikikomori

Shame and Decolonization

Memorandum on Policy towards Japan / Edwin O. Reischauer

Statement on Racism Prepared by William Haver and Naoki Sakai, March 20, in Chicago / William Haver and Naoki Sakai.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sakai, Naoki, 1946- End of pax americana and the nationalism of hikikomori

ISBN:

9781478013976

1478013974

9781478014911

1478014911

OCLC:

1245344076