Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States - Rilegato

Dudden, Alexis

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ISBN 10: 0231141769 ISBN 13: 9780231141765

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear, interrogating this process is crucial to understanding the value of the political apology to the state. When governments apologize for past crimes, they take away the substance of apology that victims originally wanted for themselves. They rob victims of the dignity they seek while affording the state a new means with which to legitimize itself.

Examining the interplay between political apology and apologetic history, Dudden focuses on the problematic relationship binding Japanese imperialism, South Korean state building, and American power in Asia. She examines this history through diplomatic, cultural, and social considerations in the postwar era and argues that the process of apology has created a knot from which none of these countries can escape without undoing decades of mythmaking.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alexis Dudden is professor of history at the University of Connecticut. She has written extensively on Japan's international relations and is also author ofJapan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power.

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Book by Dudden Alexis

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0231141769
• ISBN 13: 9780231141765
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 167