An Imperial Path to Modernity : Yoshino Sakuzō and a New Liberal Order in East Asia, 1905-1937 / Jung-Sun N. Han.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Han, Jung-Sun N., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Harvard East Asian Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yoshino, Sakuzō, 1878-1933--Political and social views.

Yoshino, Sakuzō.

East Asian cooperation--History--20th century.

East Asian cooperation.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

Intellectuals--Political activity--Japan--History--20th century.

Intellectuals.

Internationalism--Political aspects--Japan--History--20th century.

Internationalism.

Liberalism--Japan--History--20th century.

Liberalism.

Transnationalism--Political aspects--Japan--History--20th century.

Transnationalism.

East Asia--Politics and government--20th century.

East Asia.

Japan--Foreign relations--1912-1945.

Japan.

Japan--Politics and government--1912-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 231 pages :) illustrations ;

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2013.

Other Title:

Yoshino Sakuzō and a New Liberal Order in East Asia, 1905-1937

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 2013.

Summary:

An Imperial Path to Modernity examines the role of liberal intellectuals in reshaping transnational ideas and internationalist aspirations into national values and imperial ambitions in early twentieth-century Japan. Perceiving the relationship between liberalism and the international world order, a cohort of Japanese thinkers conformed to liberal ideas and institutions to direct Japan's transformation into a liberal empire in Asia. To sustain and rationalize the imperial enterprise, these Japanese liberals sought to make the domestic political stage less hostile to liberalism. Facilitating the creation of print-mediated public opinion, liberal intellectuals attempted to enlist the new middle class as a social ally in circulating liberal ideas and practices within Japan and throughout the empire.In tracing the interconnections between liberalism and the imperial project, Jung-Sun N. Han focuses on the ideas and activities of Yoshino Sakuzo (1878-1933), who was and is remembered as a champion of prewar Japanese liberalism and Taisho democracy. Drawing insights from intellectual history, cultural studies, and international relations, this study argues that prewar Japanese liberalism grew out of the efforts of intellectuals such as Yoshino who worked to devise a transnational institution to govern the Japanese empire.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Origins of a New Liberal Project: Yoshino Sakuzō in Context

Genealogy of the New Liberal Project: Japanese Imperialism in Context

Envisioning a Liberal Empire in East Asia

Tensions of Empire

Tensions within the Nation

The Ambiguous Legacy: The "East Asia Cooperative Community" in Prewar Japan

Conclusion

Works Cited

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-217) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-522-4

OCLC:

1132226785

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684175222 DOI