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Shigeru, Nambara. Ed(S): Minear, Richard H. - War and Conscience in Japan - 9780742568136 - V9780742568136
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War and Conscience in Japan

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Description for War and Conscience in Japan Hardback. Editor(s): Minear, Richard H. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
One of Japan's most important intellectuals, Nambara Shigeru defended Tokyo Imperial University against its rightist critics and opposed Japan's war. His poetic diary (1936–1945), published only after the war, documents his profound disaffection. In 1945 Nambara became president of Tokyo University and was an eloquent and ardent spokesman for academic freedom. Among his most impressive speeches are two memorials to fallen student-soldiers, which directly confront Nambara's wartime dilemma: what and how to advise students called up to fight a war he did not believe in. In this first English-language collection of his key work, historian and translator Richard H. Minear ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Series
Asian Voices
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742568136
SKU
V9780742568136
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About Shigeru, Nambara. Ed(S): Minear, Richard H.
Nambara Shigeru (1889–1974) was professor of political science at Tokyo Imperial University before and during the Asia-Pacific War then president for six years just after the war. A leading translator of classics of Hiroshima literature, Richard H. Minear is professor of history emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Reviews for War and Conscience in Japan
Provide[s] a unique lens through which readers can view Nambara’s intellectual resistance to the totalitarian state and his anguish over the war. The introduction offers . . . rich historical context for the selected works before, during and after World War II. . . . The editor’s diligence and talent has produced a set of primary sources in English for ... Read more

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