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Empire of hope : the sentimental politics of Japanese decline / David Leheny.

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"Examines a collection of cases from Japan that demonstrate how scholars should use narrative theory to understand the relationships between emotions and political life"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Leheny, David Richard, 1967- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Political culture > Japan > History > 20th century. Political culture > Japan > History > 21st century. Emotions > Political aspects > Japan > History > 20th century. Emotions > Political aspects > Japan > History > 21st century. National characteristics, Japanese. Japan > Politics and government > 1989- Emotions > Political aspects. Political culture. Politics and government. Japan. History.

Table of Contents:

Maybe they will smile back
Souls of the Ehime Maru
Cheer up, Vietnam
Cool optimism
Staging the empire of light
The peripheral U-turn
Everything sinks.