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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Political and Ideological Impacts of Decolonization upon Former Colonies and Colonizers: Japanese Colonialism in Comparison with the Western Colonialism and the International Environment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15201053
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Area studies
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

WAKABAYASHI Masahiro  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (60114716)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KIBATA Youichi  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (10012501)
FURUTA Motoo  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (50114632)
KUROZUMI Makoto  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (00153411)
TSUNEKAWA Keiichi  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (80134401)
KOMAGOME Takeshi  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Education, Professor, 大学院教育学研究科, 助教授 (80221977)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
Keywordsdecolonization / colony / colonialism / de-imperialization / Cold War / democratizaion / nationalism / economic development
Research Abstract

The project obtained new insights on the nature of the decolonization in East Asia, by way of examining it in comparison with the Western experience and putting it in the post-war international environment. Some of the new findings are as follows:
Firstly, the decolonization in East Asia was the direct result of the defeat of Japan. Moreover the Cold War spread to this region when the decolonization process had just started. This led the East Asian decolonization to have the following characteristics:
(1)The U. S. strategic consideration of the Cold War had greatly influenced the way that Japan and the former colonies had established new relations, hence force, the way that colonial legacy be conquered.
(2)In the first years of the post war period it was not those forces who could represent colonized people who experienced the plight under the Japanese colonial rule but were those occupying forces representing victors of the Pacific War that had upper hand in the political process. This affected the decolonization in the region to be a rather "surrogated" process.
(3)Because of above mentioned reasons, conquering the negative side of the legacy left by the Japanese and thereby historical reconciliations between the former colonizers and the colonized has been rather imperfect.
Secondly, there has come out in the years after the Cold War ended intolerant mass nationalism in each East Asian country on the face of growing economic interdependence as the globalization proceeds. It is fair to guess imperfect decolonization process mentioned above partly contributed to the making of this ominous phenomenon. In this regard, this project has found out that a sort of psychological process that can be called "decolonization of soul" has become one of the foci of the study of decolonization. Again in this regard those anti-colonialist thinkers such as Mahatma Gandhi or Franz Fanon should be brought to forward for re-examination.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] "Taiwanese nationalism and the "unforgettable others"2006

    • Author(s)
      若林 正丈
    • Journal Title

      China's Rise, Taiwan's Dilemmas and International Peace, Routledge (Edward Friedman, ed)

      Pages: 3-21, 245

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Gujarati Elites and the Construction of a Regional Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century2006

    • Author(s)
      井坂 理穂
    • Journal Title

      Beyond Representation : Colonial and Postcolonial Constructions of Indian Identity (Crispin Bates ed.) (Oxford Univ. Press)

      Pages: 151-176, 370

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 朝鮮半島冷戦の展開 : グローバル冷戦との「乖離」、同盟内政治との連携2006

    • Author(s)
      木宮 正史
    • Journal Title

      アジア研究(アジア政経学会) 第52巻2号

      Pages: 16-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 朝鮮における神社参拝問題と日米関係2006

    • Author(s)
      駒込武
    • Journal Title

      岩波講座アジア太平洋戦争 4 帝国の戦争経験(岩波書店)

      Pages: 59-88

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Taiwanese nationalism and the unforgettable others"2006

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi, Masahiro
    • Journal Title

      Edward Friedman, ed., China's Rise, Taiwan's Dilemmas and International Peace

      Pages: 3-21

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Gujarati Elites and the Construction of a Regional Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century2006

    • Author(s)
      Isaka, Riho
    • Journal Title

      Crispin Bates ed., Beyond Representation : Colonial and Postcolonial Constructions of Indian Identity

      Pages: 151-76

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Question of Shrine Worshipping and the Japan-U.S. Relations2006

    • Author(s)
      Komagome, Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      Iwanami Koza : Asia-Pacific War Vol.4

      Pages: 59-88

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Why so Many Maps There? Japan and Regional Cooperation2005

    • Author(s)
      恒川 恵市
    • Journal Title

      Remapping East Asia : Construction of a Region (T. J. Pempel, ed.) (Cornell University Press)

      Pages: 101-148

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Why so Many Maps There? Japan and Regional Cooperation2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsunekawa, Keiich
    • Journal Title

      T. J. Pempel, ed., Remapping East Asia : Construction of a Region, Cornell University Press

      Pages: 101-148

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Development of the Cold War in the Korean Penisular2005

    • Author(s)
      Kimiya, Tadashi
    • Journal Title

      Ajia Kenkyuu Vol.52, No.2

      Pages: 16-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 移葬の政治学-タナナリヴ、一九三八年の<ファマディハナ>2004

    • Author(s)
      森山 工
    • Journal Title

      社会人類学年報(東京都立大学社会人類学会) 30号

      Pages: 31-62

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Politics of Grave-transferring2004

    • Author(s)
      Moriyama, Takumi
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Social Anthropology No.30

      Pages: 31-62

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] ハラスメントは連鎖する2007

    • Author(s)
      安冨 歩
    • Total Pages
      331
    • Publisher
      光文社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Chain of Harrasment2007

    • Author(s)
      Yasutomi, Ayumu
    • Publisher
      Kobunsha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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