Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Survey of modern Japanese thought from a theoretical and intellectual historical perspective. Topics include philosophical discussions of modernization, “Westernization,” nationalism, colonialism and imperi- alism, “comfort women,” Japanese war crimes in continental Asia, the American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, post-World War II remembrance and denial. All readings are in English.
Cross-listing: Cross-listed with CPLT 145.