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Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements
Transformations in Radical Theory
Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements
Transformations in Radical Theory
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Description
Arguing for the importance of taking Japanese political thought seriously, this book is the first to bring together authoritative essays by world experts on the thinkers who shaped Japan's New Left movement. In doing so, it demonstrates the distinctiveness and significance of Japanese left-wing thought, providing an invaluable resource for students of twentieth-century radical politics.
Highlighting connections between thinkers, their historical circumstances, and their biographies, Political Thought and Japan's New Left Movements provides concise and accessible overviews of the theoretical approaches developed by key political thinkers and evaluates the development and impact of their ideas.
The 1960s New Left doctrine, which broke with the seemingly outdated orthodox Marxist approach, became a cultural and political force that reshaped, albeit in diverse and unintended ways, the nations in which it emerged. Japan's experience of the New Left was no less dramatic, yet Western thinkers have largely overshadowed the contributions of Japan's New Left. This book finally redresses the balance and shines a light on Japanese New Left interpretations.
Table of Contents
Part 1 – Exploring the Limits of Marxism
1. Umemoto Katsumi Viren Murthy (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
2. Kakehashi Akihide Christian Uhl (Ghent University, Belgium)
3. Uno Kozo Mario Malo (UOC Open University of Catalonia, Spain)
4. Hani Goro Ando Takemasa (Musashi University, Japan)
5. Inoue Kiyoshi Curtis A. Gayle (Waseda University, Japan)
Part 2 – Developing a New Marxism
6. Hiromatsu Wataru Raji Steineck (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
7. Kuroda Kan'ichi Ferran de Vargas (University of Edinburgh, UK)
8. Iijima Aiko Takenaka Akiko (University of Kentucky, USA)
9. Takita Osamu William Andrews (Independent Scholar, Japan)
10. Ota Ryu Till Knaudt (Kyoto University, Japan)
Part 3 - Moving Beyond Marxism
11. Yoshimoto Taka'aki Manuel Yang (Japan Women's University, Tokyo)
12. Tanigawa Gan Wesley Sasaki-Umemura (University of Utah, USA)
13. Tokoro Mitsuko Anna Vittinghoff (University of Sheffield, UK)
14. Tanaka Mitsu Yanagiwara Megumi (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
15. Nagasaki Hiroshi Hirose (JunRyukoku University, Japan)
16. Karatani Kojin Carl Cassegard (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Index
Product details
| Published | Dec 11 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781350534704 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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