Arbiters of Patriotism: Right-Wing Scholars in Imperial Japan

by John Person

Book Overview

In the 1930s and 1940s Marxist academics and others interested in liberal political reform often faced virulent accusations of treason from nationalist critics. In Arbiters of Patriotism, John Person explores the lives of two of the most notorious right-wing intellectuals responsible for leading such attacks in prewar and wartime Japan: Minoda Muneki (1894-1946) and Mitsui Koshi (1883-1953) of the Genri Nippon (Japan Principle) Society. As fervent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824889827
• ISBN13: 9780824889821
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"