Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2017
Abstract
This essay summarizes my argumentin The History Problem: The Politics of WarCommemoration in East Asia. The historyproblem is essentially a relational phenomenonthat arises when nations promote self-servingversions of the past by focusing on whathappened to their own citizens with littleregard for foreign others. East Asia, however,has recently also witnessed the emergence of acosmopolitan form of commemoration takinghumanity, rather than nationality, as itsprimary frame of reference. Whencosmopolitan commemoration is practiced as acollective endeavor by both perpetrators andvictims, a resolution of the history problem willfinally become possible.
Keywords
East Asia, memory, commemoration, history, Asia-Pacific War, nationalism, cosmopolitanism
Discipline
Asian Studies | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
Volume
15
Issue
5
First Page
1
Last Page
7
ISSN
1557-4660
Identifier
10.1515/9780824856779
Publisher
Japan Focus
Citation
SAITO, Hiro.(2017). The history problem: The politics of war commemoration in East Asia. Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 15(5), 1-7.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2383
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824856779
