Ryoko Nakano 
Beyond the Western Liberal Order 
Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society

This book introduces the political thought of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961), the most prominent Japanese social scientist working on empire, population migration and colonial policy, and uses it as a platform which to examine the global challenges faced by the U.S. hegemonic world order today, or what is often described as the Western liberal order.

Tabella dei contenuti

Introduction What is Society? A World of Migration Development and Dependency Autonomy under Imperial Rule Asianism vs. Internationalism? Conclusion

Circa l’autore

RYOKO NAKANO is Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore. She has published on the history of Japanese political thought and norm diffusion in Japan in journals such as
Millennium,
International Relations, and
Social Science Japan Journal.