Talk:Japanese fascism/Old

Moved out from Japanese fascism

for foreing researchers,the japanese poses "special qualities" in your "individual cultural hard core" why always resist some exterior influence or absorbed in your interests.others mentioned the continuing "primitivism" in your traditions,social costumes or religious beliveings.in contemporary period these experts sayed over "national character" for explain the japanese nationa comportment.

some western observers,mentioned the fact why since primitive times the select Japanese minority stay conformed by Warlords and some warriors.more later this traditions disapareing under chinese cultural influence,for return in VII century acompained at new aristocrat-warrior Bushi or Samurai,why are the autentic chief-type of japanese type until modern times. under these influence surging some qualities totally oposed to chinese influences how political loyalty,against familiar or personal loyalty,militant sense in relation with national honour and the direct and effective administrative local sistem surging in military aristocracy.japan why sense the impact of western culture during XIX century,in realitu having to cominzed to cultivated one "some nationalism" when sense disdain for Chinese "exotic" culture in previous times.

over Shinto religious practices from simple familiar spirit cult in ancient times to State Shinto national religion and Emperor worship cult during contemporary times and continuing of Imperial falimy line from Jimmu to present days are principal fact of Japanese history and represent the Japanese homogeneous of Japanese people and the continuing of japanese political constitution.the religious national bases if mantain intact still confucian,budists or western christian influences.

the control of political power more later are managed by recent times for one hierarchy of noble families guided by imperial house.the structure of these group mantain some qualities since epoch of anciente primitive tribal hegemony.these groups also proceded from familiar clan lineages where the leaders poses religious and politic autority support for your own prestige in your adminis tration.the imperial house stay supported for your theological powers proceded from your ancestral Sun godess,in this form if adopted the japanese sovereing why are beliveing in this form until august 1945.

the proper central islands of Shikoku,Kyushu and Honshu since more ancient times always stay unified for emperors or under one homogeneous leading society.theirs are the land where surging the first unified japanese state,never ocurred any political divisions how in british islands. at same time the montaneous lands favoured the japanese farm lands divisions for mantain your native qualities how provinces or some feuds.with these geographical base if developed the Japanese political history,with center in Kinai plain with some relation with chinese lands and during XX century the Kanto Plain actual place of Tokyo,the national capital and heart of economical and political activities in country.

Japanese local Nationalists thinking

joining at previous elements mentioned,if see the local radical elements from ancient times,with Samurai military caste,Bushido code or Shogunate administration.these elements,more later mixed with recent contemporary japanese nationalist philosophy and thnking during Meiji Period(this if i denomined at these political period of japanese nationalism how "Japanese fascism").when cominzed the travels of Japanese thinkers and philosophers to America or Europe and others parts of the world(inclusive africa,for example),theirs seeing the local thinkings and take the interestings ideologycal elements and mixed with own thnking,along the first interchange with European rigth-wing thinking and Philosophy.more later when raising the Axis ideology in Europe,these interchange continuing,and these ideologysts receiving new elements,and this process if mantained during the rests of WW2 period until final.(these last period from last Meiji days to raising Showa period until august 1945,i named how political term of "Showa ideology or Showa nationalism")

these development if observed in detail in nexts stages:

Japanese Fascism Period(Yamato Empire times to Meiji epoch)

Japanese Nationalists Ideology roots since Yamato Empire to Feudal times

Japanese Nationalist Thinking in Meiji times

Showa Nationalism Period(From 1920s to August 1945)

Elements of Japanese Fascism

When analyzed in detail, these distinct elements emerge:

Japanese State Socialism Government and Ideologycal theories

Japanese nationalist and heavy centralized Education ideologycal sistem

Japanese thinking promotion in favour of return at Ancient national values represent for culture,moral,religion against perniciuous foreing western cultural and moral values

Defense of national moral,cultural and racial ancient Japanese Superiority over inferior asian and western races

Japanese national political and ideologycal figth against Communism and western democracy political ideologies

Japanese State Shintoism religious and theologycal government ideology and organization of centralized national religious cult

Japanese Emperor with National Emperor Worship cult along State Shintoist thinking,Representation of national head of state and center of own nationalists Ideology

Japanese Zaibatsu Family Clans with your proper political,economical,commercial and industrial thinking ideas

Japanese organization of one monetary and commercial exclusive zone under cover of your national monetary sistem for obtain proper markets and prime materia for national industries

Japanese Powerfull Military cast represented for Army and Navy with own Ideology;The Militarism-Socialism political theory

Japanese forces development in one very powerfull army along one very powerfull and richests Empire

Japanese militarists Conquests Strategies and national geopolitical ideologies

Japanese campaing in recovering of ancient losses territoires or oldest claims of japanese lands in Asia mainland and pacific areas

Beliveing in national superiority expansionist ideas and imposing your own religion, moral,costumes and lifestyle in first place over asian nearests lands and western asian richests colonies

Declared pourpose of Japanese Empire in taken the Divine mission imposes for own Gods to convert the Nation leader for managed the East Asian destiny

Summary

In conclusion if possibly,but in symbolic form sayed why from ancient Yamato Empire days and Meiji period existing one "'Asiatic or Japanese Fascism'"of local manufacture one times undercover,others opened,but why these ideology and your elements,why in firsts are very similar to Basic European Fascism or receiving some apports of European Fascism during 30s and firsts 40s decades,but during raising of Showa Period,this ideology in your developed if transformed in one ideology totally distinct but why poses some similarities at Fascism in your structure the Japanese nationalism. another possibly synonimus can to able if "'Showa ideology'" or "'Showa nationalism'" for distiguished the japanese nationalists ideology during Showa period until august 1945.

Japanese local Nationalists thinking in actual days

In present days if possibly why exists some idelogycal interchange but in reduced form for part of local rigth-wing radicals and nationalists with American European,Asian or other extreme rigth followers around the world.Inclusive actually times,exists somes local rigth-wing nationalist japanese groups how NSJAP(National Socialist Japanese Workers' Party, the abbreviation is in German, Nationalsozialistische Japanische Arbeiterpartei) why defend these lazes and stay connect with local nationalist secret societies and theirs realizing interchange with others NS followers in Europe,America or Asia in present days.theirs remembered the figure of General Hiroshi Oshima how one great leader,along General Hideki Tojo or Emperor Hiro-Hito. these and other groups remember the Axis Powers Alliance too when analized the paper represent for Japanese Empire joining Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in some think thank groups,local conferences and some international meetings in other countries in European area for example,and theirs defend the local values and thinking over foreing elements in Japan.various of these groups stay relationed with Yakuza delictive groups too.

References

Bix, Herbert. (1982) "Rethinking Emperor-System Fascism" Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. v.14, pp. 20-32.
Dore, Ronald, and Tsutomu Ouchi. (1971) "Rural Origins of Japanese Fascism." in Dilemmas of Growth in Prewar Japan, ed. James Morley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 181-210. ISBN 069103074X
Duus, Peter and Daniel I. Okimoto. (1979) "Fascism and the History of Prewar Japan: the Failure of a Concept," Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 39, no. 1 , pp. 65-76.
Fletcher, William Miles. (1982) The Search for a New Order: Intellectuals and Fascism in Prewar Japan. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807815144
Maruyama, Masao. (1963) "The Ideology and Dynamics of Japanese Fascism" in Thought and Behavior in Modern Japanese Politics, ed. Ivan Morris. Oxford. pp. 25-83.
McGormack, Gavan. (1982) "Nineteen-Thirties Japan: Fascism?" Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars v.14 pp. 2-19.
Morris, Ivan. ed. (1963) Japan 1931-1945: Militarism, Fascism, Japanism? Boston: Heath.
Tanin, O. and E. Yohan. (1973) Militarism and Fascism in Japan. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0837154782

External Links

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/leiber/50/bds1.htm (Over Japanese Nationalist groups,Kempeitai,Kwantung Army,Group 371 and other relationed topics)

http://home.modemss.brisnet.org.au/~dunn/sigint/japsecretsocieties.htm

(additional info over japanese secret societies)

Article on Alan Tansman's forthcoming book, The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism