La construcción histórica de la identidad nacional japonesa

Diego Alejandro Urióstegui Monterde; Cristóbal  Collignon de Alba

doi:10.53897/RevPortes.2024.02.07

Authors

Diego Alejandro Urióstegui Monterde Universidad de Guadalajara
Cristóbal Collignon de Alba University of Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-3764

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53897/RevPortes.2024.02.07

Keywords:

Japan, identity, Constructivism, Hua-Yi distinction, History

Abstract

Using the relational identity perspective of critical constructivism, it is proposed that Japan's national identity (i.e., the official narrative represented in Nihonjinron) has been a political construction made by decision-making leaders, and has been established on selectively replicating foreign entities, with the aim of providing order and legitimation to the authorities while pursuing a nationalist narrative. In the Edo period with China, in the imperial phase with the West, and in the post-war era with the United States; It is observed that there continually exists a “teacher” o center (Hua) who exerts great influence over the country, and that Japanese leaders seek to selectively replicate, while maintaining a particular notion of identity. The great temporal extension of the research is defended, arguing the nature of the objective as well as the importance of a broad and different view other than modern State-centrism in International Relations.

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Author Biography

Cristóbal Collignon de Alba, University of Guadalajara

Professor-Researcher of the Department of Pacific Studies

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