Beyond the Western Liberal Order: Yanaihara Tadao and Empire as Society (The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought)

This book introduces the political thought of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961), the most prominent Japanese social scientist working on empire, population migration and colonial policy, and uses it as a platform which to examine the global challenges faced by the U.S. hegemonic world order today, or what is often described as the Western liberal order. Beyond the Western Liberal Order explores the international thought of Yanaihara Tadao (1893-1961), the most prominent Japanese social scientist of empire, population migration, and colonial policy during the 1920s and 1930s. Nakano provides a detailed analysis of Yanaihara's study of empire, including global migration, economic disparity and hierarchy, ethnic conflict, and regionalism. This comprehensive work concludes by demonstrating the contemporary relevance of Yanaihara's ideas to current debates and discussion in International Relations Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-15 What Is “Society”?....Pages 17-40 A World of Migration....Pages 41-63 Development and Dependency....Pages 65-87 Autonomy under Imperial Rule....Pages 89-113 Asianism versus Internationalism?....Pages 115-141 Conclusion....Pages 143-151 Back Matter....Pages 153-202