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Contested Memories in Chinese and Japanese Foreign Policy
Explores the issue of memory and lack of reconciliation in East Asia, focusing on Chinese-Japanese relations, particularly recent conflicts
Matteo Dian (Author)
9780081020272, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 12 January 2017
304 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.61 kg
Contested Memories in Chinese and Japanese Foreign Policy explores the issue of memory and lack of reconciliation in East Asia. As main East Asian nations have never achieved a common memory of their pasts, in particular, the events of the Second World War and Sino-Japanese War, this book locates the issue of memory within International Relations theory, exploring the theoretical and practical link between the construction of a country’s identity and the formation and contestation of its historical memory and foreign policy.
1. Theorizing the Role of Collective Memory in International Politics 2. Japan's Memory During the Postwar Period (1945–1989) 3. The Battle of Memory in the Heisei Era 4. China’s Collective Memory between the Revolution and Tiananmen Square 5. Collective Memory and Foreign-Policy in China after the Cold War 6. Conclusion
Subject Areas: Central government policies [JPQB]
