The Resource The victim as hero : ideologies of peace and national identity in postwar Japan, James J. Orr
The victim as hero : ideologies of peace and national identity in postwar Japan, James J. Orr
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- Summary
- This is the first systematic, historical inquiry into the emergence of "victim consciousness" (higaisha ishiki) as an essential component of Japanese pacifist national identity after World War II. In his meticulously crafted narrative and analysis, the author reveals how postwar Japanese elites and American occupying authorities collaborated to structure the parameters of remembrance of the war, including the notion that the emperor and his people had been betrayed and duped by militarists. He goes on to explain the Japanese reliance on victim consciousness through a discussion of the ban-the-bomb movement of the mid-1950s, which raised the prominence of Hiroshima as an archetype of war victimhood and brought about the selective focus on Japanese war victimhood; the political strategies of three self-defined war victim groups (A-bomb victims, repatriates, and dispossessed landlords) to gain state compensation and hence valorization of their war victim experiences; shifting textbook narratives that reflected contemporary attitudes and structured future generations' understanding of the war; and three classic antiwar novels and films that contributed to the shaping of a "sentimental humanism" that continues to leave a strong imprint on the collective Japanese conscience
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
- Contents
-
- Victims, victimizers, and mythology
- Leaders and victims: personal war responsibility during the occupation
- Hiroshima and Yuiitsu no hibakukoku: atomic victimhood in the antinuclear peace movement
- Educating a peace-loving people: narratives of war in postwar textbooks
- "Sentimental humanism": the victim in novels and film
- Compensating victims: the politics of victimhood
- Beyond postwar
- Isbn
- 9780824865153
- Label
- The victim as hero : ideologies of peace and national identity in postwar Japan
- Title
- The victim as hero
- Title remainder
- ideologies of peace and national identity in postwar Japan
- Statement of responsibility
- James J. Orr
- Subject
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- Atomic bomb victims
- Atomic bomb victims -- Japan | Hiroshima-shi
- Atomic bomb victims -- Japan | Nagasaki-shi
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
- Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Japan : 1945)
- Collectief geheugen
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Asia | Japan
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- History
- Atomic bomb
- Japan
- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
- Japan -- Intellectual life -- 1945-
- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- Nationale identiteit
- Pacifisme
- Since 1945
- Victimologie
- Intellectual life
- Atomic bomb -- Japan | Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the first systematic, historical inquiry into the emergence of "victim consciousness" (higaisha ishiki) as an essential component of Japanese pacifist national identity after World War II. In his meticulously crafted narrative and analysis, the author reveals how postwar Japanese elites and American occupying authorities collaborated to structure the parameters of remembrance of the war, including the notion that the emperor and his people had been betrayed and duped by militarists. He goes on to explain the Japanese reliance on victim consciousness through a discussion of the ban-the-bomb movement of the mid-1950s, which raised the prominence of Hiroshima as an archetype of war victimhood and brought about the selective focus on Japanese war victimhood; the political strategies of three self-defined war victim groups (A-bomb victims, repatriates, and dispossessed landlords) to gain state compensation and hence valorization of their war victim experiences; shifting textbook narratives that reflected contemporary attitudes and structured future generations' understanding of the war; and three classic antiwar novels and films that contributed to the shaping of a "sentimental humanism" that continues to leave a strong imprint on the collective Japanese conscience
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Orr, James Joseph
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
- Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Japan : 1945)
- Atomic bomb victims
- Atomic bomb victims
- Atomic bomb
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan)
- Japan
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Atomic bomb
- Atomic bomb victims
- Intellectual life
- Japan
- Japan
- Japan
- Victimologie
- Nationale identiteit
- Collectief geheugen
- Pacifisme
- Label
- The victim as hero : ideologies of peace and national identity in postwar Japan, James J. Orr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-256) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Victims, victimizers, and mythology -- Leaders and victims: personal war responsibility during the occupation -- Hiroshima and Yuiitsu no hibakukoku: atomic victimhood in the antinuclear peace movement -- Educating a peace-loving people: narratives of war in postwar textbooks -- "Sentimental humanism": the victim in novels and film -- Compensating victims: the politics of victimhood -- Beyond postwar
- Control code
- ocn875895360
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824865153
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.21313/9780824865153
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62nvtd
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875895360
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The victim as hero : ideologies of peace and national identity in postwar Japan, James J. Orr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-256) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Victims, victimizers, and mythology -- Leaders and victims: personal war responsibility during the occupation -- Hiroshima and Yuiitsu no hibakukoku: atomic victimhood in the antinuclear peace movement -- Educating a peace-loving people: narratives of war in postwar textbooks -- "Sentimental humanism": the victim in novels and film -- Compensating victims: the politics of victimhood -- Beyond postwar
- Control code
- ocn875895360
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824865153
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.21313/9780824865153
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62nvtd
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875895360
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Atomic bomb victims
- Atomic bomb victims -- Japan | Hiroshima-shi
- Atomic bomb victims -- Japan | Nagasaki-shi
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
- Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi (Japan : 1945)
- Collectief geheugen
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Asia | Japan
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- History
- Atomic bomb
- Japan
- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
- Japan -- Intellectual life -- 1945-
- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
- Nationale identiteit
- Pacifisme
- Since 1945
- Victimologie
- Intellectual life
- Atomic bomb -- Japan | Psychological aspects
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