Temporal Identities and Security Policy in Postwar Japan
Through a discourse analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates, this book explores how different understandings of Japan’s history have led to sharply divergent security policies in the postwar period, whilst providing an explanation for the much-debated security policy changes under Abe Shinzō.
Analyzing the ways identities can be constructed through ‘temporal othering,’ as well as ‘spatial otheri...
Through a discourse analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates, this book explores how different understandings of Japan’s history have led to sharply divergent security policies in the postwar period, whilst providing an explanation for the much-debated security policy changes under Abe Shinzō.
Analyzing the ways identities can be constructed through ‘temporal othering,’ as well as ‘spatial otheri...
