Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States /
Dudden, Alexis
Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States / Alexis Dudden. - 1 online resource (184 p.) : 30 illus.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. An Island by Any Other Name -- Chapter 2. Apologies All Around -- Chapter 3. Illegal Japan -- Chapter 4. History Out of Bounds -- Conclusion. And Now -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear, interrogating this process is crucial to understanding the value of the political apology to the state. When governments apologize for past crimes, they take away the substance of apology that victims originally wanted for themselves. They rob victims of the dignity they seek while affording the state a new means with which to legitimize itself.Examining the interplay between political apology and apologetic history, Dudden focuses on the problematic relationship binding Japanese imperialism, South Korean state building, and American power in Asia. She examines this history through diplomatic, cultural, and social considerations in the postwar era and argues that the process of apology has created a knot from which none of these countries can escape without undoing decades of mythmaking.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231141772 9780231512046
10.7312/dudd14176 doi
2008000514
Collective memory--Japan.
Collective memory--Korea (South)
Collective memory--Korea (South).
HISTORY / United States / General.
DS849.K6 / D83 2008 DS849.K6 / D83 2008Ø
303.48/2520519
Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States / Alexis Dudden. - 1 online resource (184 p.) : 30 illus.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. An Island by Any Other Name -- Chapter 2. Apologies All Around -- Chapter 3. Illegal Japan -- Chapter 4. History Out of Bounds -- Conclusion. And Now -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear, interrogating this process is crucial to understanding the value of the political apology to the state. When governments apologize for past crimes, they take away the substance of apology that victims originally wanted for themselves. They rob victims of the dignity they seek while affording the state a new means with which to legitimize itself.Examining the interplay between political apology and apologetic history, Dudden focuses on the problematic relationship binding Japanese imperialism, South Korean state building, and American power in Asia. She examines this history through diplomatic, cultural, and social considerations in the postwar era and argues that the process of apology has created a knot from which none of these countries can escape without undoing decades of mythmaking.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231141772 9780231512046
10.7312/dudd14176 doi
2008000514
Collective memory--Japan.
Collective memory--Korea (South)
Collective memory--Korea (South).
HISTORY / United States / General.
DS849.K6 / D83 2008 DS849.K6 / D83 2008Ø
303.48/2520519