Nationalism in school textbooks : a comparative study of Britain and Japan, 1919-1955
Nationalism is now unfashionable among intellectuals, but before the Second World War it was a dominant ideology all over the world and had a great influence, directly and indirectly, on the formation of one's world view. The following study intends to examine how two nationalisms, British and Japanese, interpreted the world in school textbooks. Britain and Japan represent different kinds of nationalism, western and eastern respectively. The world has been described largely from the western point of view since the West has continued to be the centre of historical writing for these five hundred years. Yet, presumably, the rising sun on the eastern horizon should have had a different picture; and to correct this imbalance by adding a synchronistic viewpoint is one of the aims of this study. Before starting the textbook analysis, however, the distinctively different education systems Britain and Japan possess are explained in Chapter 1. This study is divided into three parts, following three aspects of nationalism: national tradition, national mission and national character in that order. There is in fact considerable overlap between them, but the first part concentrates on exploring where the national pride
Mizobe, Atsuko
History
Nationalism in school textbooks : a comparative study of Britain and Japan, 1919-1955. Nationalism is now unfashionable among intellectuals, but before the Second World War it was a dominant ideology all over the world and had a great influence, directly and indirectly, on the formation of one's world view. The following study intends to examine how two nationalisms, British and Japanese, interpreted the world in school textbooks. Britain and Japan represent different kinds of nationalism, western and eastern respectively. The world has been described largely from the western point of view since the West has continued to be the centre of historical writing for these five hundred years. Yet, presumably, the rising sun on the eastern horizon should have had a different picture; and to correct this imbalance by adding a synchronistic viewpoint is one of the aims of this study. Before starting the textbook analysis, however, the distinctively different education systems Britain and Japan possess are explained in Chapter 1. This study is divided into three parts, following three aspects of nationalism: national tradition, national mission and national character in that order. There is in fact considerable overlap between them, but the first part concentrates on exploring where the national pride
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