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The Conservative Imaginary: State Power and World Order in Transwar Japan, 1930-1960

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K20833
Project/Area Number (Other) 18H05627 (2018)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2019)
Single-year Grants (2018)
Review Section 0103:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Hofmann Reto  早稲田大学, 高等研究所, その他(招聘研究員) (40822268)

Project Period (FY) 2018-08-24 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsHistory / Japan / Conservatism / Japanese history / transwar history / Modern Japanese History / conservatism / transnational history / 現代史 / Modern Japanese history / anti-communism / Cold War / modern Japanese history
Outline of Research at the Start

This project offers a transwar genealogy of the Japanese conservative imaginary by focusing on the thought and activities of Nabeyama Sadachika, Yabe Teiji, and Koyama Iwao. It examines how they reformulated ideas about state power and world order from the 1920s to the 1960s. .

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This grant has allowed me to initiate an investigation into the history of conservatism in Japan. I have been able to conduct research in archives in Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Over the tenure of this grant, I presented my work in progress at 7 conferences. I also produced two journal articles, published in prestigious international journals (Journal of Asian Studies, Japan Forum). Overall, this research has laid the groundwork for the book that I am currently writing.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Conservatism has been a powerful force in postwar Japan, but we know surprisingly little about its history. This study has elucidated the contribution of prewar actors in the making of political conservatism by showing how they recast old ideas in an internationalist framework.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 9 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] なし2021

    • Author(s)
      なし
    • Journal Title

      なし

      Volume: なし

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Japan and Neoliberal Culturalism2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Journal Title

      Quinn Slobodian and Dieter Plehwe, eds. Market Civilizations: Neoliberals East and South

      Volume: NA

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] What's Left of the Right: Nabeyama Sadachika and Anti-communism in Transwar Japan, 1930?19602020

    • Author(s)
      Hofmann Reto
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Asian Studies

      Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-25

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0021911819000688

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The conservative imaginary: moral re-armament and the internationalism of the Japanese right, 1945?19622019

    • Author(s)
      Hofmann Reto
    • Journal Title

      Japan Forum

      Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-26

    • DOI

      10.1080/09555803.2019.1646785

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ugly Aftermaths: The Japanese Right, World War II, and the Politics of Disorder2022

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      7th Annual Hasekura International Japanese Studies Symposium, “Naraku: Discord, Dysfunction, Dystopia,” Sendai, September 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Rebranding Nationalism and Conservatism After Defeat2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Symposium on Post-Fascist Politics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Fascism in Motion: Concepts, Agents and Global Experiences2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Japan and Neoliberal Culturalism2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences Network, University of Western Australia
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Shimoi Harukichi and the Fascination of Fascism in Interwar Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Fascist Mobilities Across Time and Space, Centre for Advanced Study, University of Padova
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Transwar Asia2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japan, Anti-Communism, and the Aftermath of Empire2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Japanese Studies Association of Australia, Brisbane
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Right and Relations Between Japan and South Korea2021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Asian Studies, Kyoto
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Japan and Neoliberal Culturalism,”2020

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      History and Philosophy of the Social Sciences Network, Univ. Western Australia
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Shimoi Harukichi and the Fascination of Fascism in Interwar Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Centre for Advanced Study, University of Padova
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Messy War,” The Friday Forum, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences2020

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      The Friday Forum, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Yabe Teiji and the Transwar Origins of Japanese Conservatism2020

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      American Historical Association
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Shimoi Harukichi and the Fascination of Fascism in Interwar Japan”2019

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      UBIAS Workshop, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Shimoi Harukichi e la Popolarizzazione del Fascismo in Giappone2019

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Societa italiana per lo studio della storia contemporanea
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japan in the Postwar Order: Kishi Nobusuke and Anti-Communism, 1931-19652019

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Japanese Studies Association of Australia
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Kishi Nobusuke, Anti-Communism, and Asian Regionalism, 1955-19652019

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Association for Asian Studies
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Nabeyama Sadachika and the Afterlife of Ideological Conversion2018

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Asian Studies Conference Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japan, Anticommunism, and the Decolonization of Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann
    • Organizer
      Association for Asian Studies
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] ranswar Asia Ideology, Practices, and Institutions, 1920-19602022

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann, Max Ward
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      Bloomsbury
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] なし2021

    • Author(s)
      なし
    • Publisher
      なし
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Transwar Asia: Ideology, Practices, and Institutions, 1920-19602021

    • Author(s)
      Reto Hofmann, Max Ward (eds)
    • Total Pages
      230
    • Publisher
      Bloomsbury
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-08-27   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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