Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Philippines from the Late Nineteenth Century to the End of World War II

Going to the Philippines Is Like Coming Home?
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30553-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 512 g

Reihe: Brill's Japanese Studies Library

In Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Philippines from the Late 19th Century to the End of World War II – Going to the Philippines Is Like Coming Home? Sven Matthiessen examines the development of Japanese Pan-Asianism and the perception of the Philippines within this ideology. Due to the archipelago’s previous colonisation by Spain and the US the Philippines was a special case among the Japanese occupied territories during the war. Matthiessen convincingly proves that the widespread pro-Americanism among the Philippine population made it impossible for Japanese administrators to implement a pan-Asianist ideology that centred on a 'return to Asian values'. The expectation among some Japanese Pan-Asianists that ‘going to the Philippines was like coming home’ was never fulfilled.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matthiessen, Sven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Sven Matthiessen received his Ph.D./Doctorate of Law from the University of Sheffield and Tohoku University in the joint degree program of the two universities in 2012. He has published articles on Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.