A new look at the problem of “Japanese Fascism.”
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In the decade and a half from 1931 to 1945 Japan confronted a series of domestic and international crises culminating in the national disaster of World War II. Many authors - both Japanese and Western - have portrayed this period in terms of the labeling generalization “fascism”, suggesting that Japan's experience ran parallel to that of such European countries as Italy under Mussolini and Germany during the Third Reich. My object here, after first attempting to explain how and why this interpretation arose, is to take issue with it, but in criticizing the use of the label fascism I do not mean to fall back to the position that what happened was simplysui generis, a somehow “unique” Japanese response to the troublesome developments of the interwar world. Fascism has the virtue of being a comparative concept, and if we throw it out we need to seek other comparative concepts to test as possible replacements.
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Previous evidence indicates that authoritarianism may be associated with lack of valued resources or other threats to human welfare.
“Given previous evidence that authoritarianism may be associated with lack of valued resources or by other threats to human welfare [44], [45], [46] we also included 3 additional measures in our analyses.”
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- Authors
- Wilson, G. M.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wilson, George Macklin
- Venue
- Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1968-07
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 401-412
- ISSN
- 0010-4175 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-2999
- OpenAlex
- W2117781538
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 35.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Comparative Studies in Society and History (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Japanese History and Culture
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
- Keywords
- Japanese fascism, concept of fascism, comparative concepts, interwar Japan, World War II, Japanese political history, historiography
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