Criticising Colonialism in pre‑1945 Japan
From the beginning of Japanese colonial rule, some people began to raise their voices to criticize this new domination on overseas people. During the Taishō democracy period, these voices began to be heard, prior to be smothered during the 1930’s. There were many people who doubted the capacity of t...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cjs_1121 https://doi.org/10.4000/cjs.1121 urn:doi:10.4000/cjs.1121 en https://journals.openedition.org/cjs/1121 2017-11-27T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e1iw https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Criticising Colonialism in pre‑1945 Japan Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies INALCO info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2268-1744 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cjs Souyri, Pierre‑François Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961) Corée Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973) politique coloniale préservation des cultures locales savoir colonial Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980) Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Yoshino Sakuzō (1878-1933) colonialisme Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961) Korea Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973) Colonial Policy Preservation of Local Cultures Colonial Knowledge Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980) Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Yoshino Sakuzō (1878-1933) Colonialism From the beginning of Japanese colonial rule, some people began to raise their voices to criticize this new domination on overseas people. During the Taishō democracy period, these voices began to be heard, prior to be smothered during the 1930’s. There were many people who doubted the capacity of the Japanese State to assimilate colonialized populations. We can separate these contestators of the colonial system in three major trends of ideas.1) A moral movement, which emerges basically as a fierce criticism of repressive police and army’s methods against colonial populations (especially after the 1919 independence movements in Korea).2) An economical criticism, inherited from the western liberal philosophy, stating that colonization cost more than it can bring in profits. This trend does not really care about the colonial situation in itself, but consider that the colonial programme is short-termed enterprise as colonial people will obviously struggle against the colonial ruler and defeat it sooner or later.3) Criticisms of the colonial system appearing inside the Japanese academic world itself, among professors in charge of studying and teaching colonial policies: their analysis of the colonial domination leads them to admit the ineluctability of the “home rule” in colonial countries, or even their independence. Dès les débuts de la mise en place de politiques coloniales, certaines voix se sont élevées au Japon pour critiquer cette nouvelle forme de domination sur des populations d’outre-mer, puis avec les années dites de la démocratie Taishō (1912-1926), cette critique peu connue mais pourtant explicite du colonialisme est devenue plus audible, avant d’être de nouveau progressivement étouffée à la fin des années 1930. Très vite, des doutes naissent, au Japon même, sur la possibilité d’assimiler les peuples coloniaux. On peut distinguer trois courants principaux qui s’en prennent aux politiques coloniales du Japon. D’abord un courant « moral » qui émerge essentiellement comme critique des méthodes répressives policières et militaires dans les colonies, surtout au lendemain des mouvements de 1919 en Corée. Il existe par ailleurs un courant « économiste » produit de la pensée libérale occidentale. Ce courant est anticolonial par principe parce qu’il pense que les colonies coûtent plus chères qu’elles ne rapportent et se préoccupe peu de la situation des peuples colonisés, sinon pour proclamer que les mouvements politiques qui y naissent conduisent inéluctablement à l’indépendance et donc à la défaite programmée du Japon. Enfin, il apparaît une critique plus originale du système au sein même de l’université japonaise parmi certains professeurs chargés d’enseigner précisément les politiques coloniales, qui aboutissent à l’idée que le home rule ou l’indépendance des colonies est inéluctable. |
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Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961) Corée Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973) politique coloniale préservation des cultures locales savoir colonial Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980) Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Yoshino Sakuzō (1878-1933) colonialisme Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961) Korea Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973) Colonial Policy Preservation of Local Cultures Colonial Knowledge Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980) Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Yoshino Sakuzō (1878-1933) Colonialism |
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Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961) Corée Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973) politique coloniale préservation des cultures locales savoir colonial Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980) Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Yoshino Sakuzō (1878-1933) colonialisme Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961) Korea Ishibashi Tanzan (1884-1973) Colonial Policy Preservation of Local Cultures Colonial Knowledge Yamakawa Kikue (1890-1980) Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961) Yoshino Sakuzō (1878-1933) Colonialism Souyri, Pierre‑François Criticising Colonialism in pre‑1945 Japan |
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From the beginning of Japanese colonial rule, some people began to raise their voices to criticize this new domination on overseas people. During the Taishō democracy period, these voices began to be heard, prior to be smothered during the 1930’s. There were many people who doubted the capacity of the Japanese State to assimilate colonialized populations. We can separate these contestators of the colonial system in three major trends of ideas.1) A moral movement, which emerges basically as a fierce criticism of repressive police and army’s methods against colonial populations (especially after the 1919 independence movements in Korea).2) An economical criticism, inherited from the western liberal philosophy, stating that colonization cost more than it can bring in profits. This trend does not really care about the colonial situation in itself, but consider that the colonial programme is short-termed enterprise as colonial people will obviously struggle against the colonial ruler and defeat it sooner or later.3) Criticisms of the colonial system appearing inside the Japanese academic world itself, among professors in charge of studying and teaching colonial policies: their analysis of the colonial domination leads them to admit the ineluctability of the “home rule” in colonial countries, or even their independence. |
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