JPNB24 Japan in the 21st Century

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
2/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Andrea Boccardi, M.A., PhD (přednášející)
Garance
Andrea Boccardi, M.A., PhD
Seminář japonských studií – Centrum asijských studií – Filozofická fakulta
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Seminář japonských studií – Centrum asijských studií – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Čt 14:00–15:40 B2.43, kromě Po 21. 4. až Ne 27. 4.
Předpoklady
Important: from spring semester 2025, this course will be taught in English.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 70 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 54/70, pouze zareg.: 0/70, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/70
Mateřské obory/plány
Anotace
This course aims to provide a historical overview of Japan and Japanese society at the turn of the 21st century, focusing on the manifold perspectives, phenomena, and experiences that transformed Japan during the ‘Heisei’ period and the beginning of the Reiwa. In particular, this course will serve as an introduction to the prevailing ideas and views that shape what Japan is today, what pivotal issues are perceived and discussed in Japanese society, and what impact they can have on the domestic population as well as individuals interacting with it – such as you. In order to do so, this course will touch upon economic, social, political and cultural issues as a way to outline an introductory depiction of Japan in the 21st century within its own borders and in its interaction with the rest of the world.
Výstupy z učení
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
(1) identify key events of contemporary Japanese history, their impact and short/mid-term consequences;
(2) understand important concepts and discourses that shape our interpretation of Japan;
(3) interact with primary and secondary sources, intervening in current academic debates and ideas;
(4) connect the history of 20th-century Japan with its results in contemporary Japanese society.
Klíčová témata
  • 1. Introduction
  • BLOCK 1 - The Lost Decade
  • 2. The Japanese Economic Bubble Burst
  • 3. The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack
  • BLOCK 2 – Politics of Memory
  • 4. The Emperor System, War Responsibilities and the Imperial Family’s Current Position
  • 5. Hibakusha – Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • BLOCK 3 – Indigeneity and the Central Government
  • 6. American Military Bases, or the Okinawan Experience
  • 7. Ainu and the Path to Indigeneity
  • BLOCK 4 – The Triple Disaster
  • 8. 3.11 – The Tōhoku Triple Disaster
  • BLOCK 5 – Domestic and International Politics
  • 9. International Relations and Domestic Politics
  • FINAL LECTURE
  • 10. Summary and Q&A – Exam Explanation
  • 11. Final Exam
Studijní zdroje a literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • Baffelli, Erica, and Ian Reader. "Editors' introduction: Impact and ramifications: The aftermath of the Aum Affair in the Japanese religious context." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (2012): 1-28.
  • Neary, Ian. The state and politics in Japan. John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
  • Watson, Mark K. Japan's Ainu minority in Tokyo: diasporic indigeneity and urban politics. Routledge, 2014.
  • McCormack, Gavan, and Satoko Oka Norimatsu. Resistant Islands: Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.
  • McLaughlin, Levi. "The Abe Assassination and Japan’s Nexus of Religion and Politics." Current History 122.845 (2023): 209-216.
  • Breen, John. "Abdication, Succession and Japan’s Imperial Future: An Emperor’s Dilemma." Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 17.9.3 (2019): 1-15.
  • Funabashi, Yoichi, and Barak Kushner, eds. Examining Japan's lost decades. London: Routledge, 2015.
  • Birmingham, Lucy, and David McNeill. Strong in the rain: surviving Japan's earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Macmillan+ ORM, 2012.
  • Chen, Xidi, and Qi Xu. "Reflections on international dispute settlement mechanisms for the Fukushima contaminated water discharge." Ocean & Coastal Management 226 (2022): 106278.
  • Kingston, Jeff. Japan's Quiet Transformation: Social Change and Civil Society in 21st Century Japan. Routledge, 2004.
  • Geilhorn, Barbara, and Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt. Fukushima and the Arts. Oxford: Routledge, 2016.
  • Murai, Noriko, Tina Burrett, and Jeff Kingston. Japan in the Heisei Era (1989-2019). Routledge, 2022.
  • McCormack, Gavan. Client state: Japan in the American embrace. Verso Books, 2020.
  • Adachi, Setsuko. "A Reading of the Assassination of Shinzo Abe." Reading Violence and Trauma in Asia and the World (2024).
  • Hidaka, Katsuyuki. Japanese media at the beginning of the 21st century: consuming the past. Routledge, 2016.
  • Murakami, Haruki. Underground. Trans. Alfred Birnbaum and Philip Gabriel. New York: Vintage, 2000.
Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce
Frontal lectures, audio-visual material, and readings provided before classes.
Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení
Attendance in class. Final written exam – Open book format, open-ended and multiple-choice questions. Students are expected to attend the lectures of this course.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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