Ways Of Forgetting, Ways Of Remembering: Japan In The Modern World
by John W. Dower /
2012 / English / EPUB
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Remembering and reconstructing the past inevitably involves
forgetting—and nowhere more so than in the complex relationship
between the United States and Japan since the end of World War
II. In this provocative and probing series of essays, John W.
Dower—one of our leading historians of postwar Japan and author
of the Pulitzer Prize–winning
Remembering and reconstructing the past inevitably involves
forgetting—and nowhere more so than in the complex relationship
between the United States and Japan since the end of World War
II. In this provocative and probing series of essays, John W.
Dower—one of our leading historians of postwar Japan and author
of the Pulitzer Prize–winningEmbracing Defeat
Embracing Defeat—explores
the uses and abuses to which this history has been subjected and,
with deliberation and insight, affirms the urgent need for
scholars to ask the questions that are not being asked.
—explores
the uses and abuses to which this history has been subjected and,
with deliberation and insight, affirms the urgent need for
scholars to ask the questions that are not being asked.
Taking as a starting point the work of E.H. Norman, the unjustly
neglected historian of prewar Japan,
Taking as a starting point the work of E.H. Norman, the unjustly
neglected historian of prewar Japan,Ways of Forgetting, Ways
of Remembering
Ways of Forgetting, Ways
of Remembering sets out both to challenge historiographical
orthodoxy and reveal the configurations of power inherent in
scholarly and popular discourse in Japan and America. Dower’s
fascination with capturing popular experience leads to sources as
far ranging as textiles adorned with wartime propaganda and the
satirical cartoon panels that decorate traditional karuta playing
cards. Dower, who is rightly known as one of the most perceptive
critics of American foreign policy, also offers a blistering
critique of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the misuse of postwar
Japan as an example of success.
sets out both to challenge historiographical
orthodoxy and reveal the configurations of power inherent in
scholarly and popular discourse in Japan and America. Dower’s
fascination with capturing popular experience leads to sources as
far ranging as textiles adorned with wartime propaganda and the
satirical cartoon panels that decorate traditional karuta playing
cards. Dower, who is rightly known as one of the most perceptive
critics of American foreign policy, also offers a blistering
critique of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the misuse of postwar
Japan as an example of success.Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering
Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering is a profound look
at American and Japanese perceptions—past and present—of key
moments in their shared history. An incisive investigation of the
problems of public history and its role in a modern democracy,
these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in
postwar U.S.-Japan relations, as well as the broader discipline
of history.
is a profound look
at American and Japanese perceptions—past and present—of key
moments in their shared history. An incisive investigation of the
problems of public history and its role in a modern democracy,
these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in
postwar U.S.-Japan relations, as well as the broader discipline
of history.
