Japan, Turkey and the world of Islam : the writings of Selçuk Esenbel

Widely known for her writings on Islam with a particular focus on the transnational history of politics in Islam and Japan, this volume brings together twenty of the author s key essays thematically structured as 'Japan and Islam', 'Japanese Ottoman Relations and Japanese-Turkish Interaction', and 'Reflections on Tokugawa Japan from Turkey'. Awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize for Japanese Studies in 2007, Sel uk Esenbel s volume will provide an invaluable reference resource for current and future research in an increasingly important context. Japan, Turkey and theWorld of Islam Table of Contents Introduction 1 Japan’s Global Claim to Asia and the World of Islam: Transnational Nationalism and World Power, 1900–1945 2 Japan and Islam Policy During the 1930s 3 The Legacy of the War and the World of Islam in Japanese Pan-Asian Discourse: Wakabayashi Han’s Kaikyo Sekai to Nihon 4 Maps in Our Mind:Chinese Coins, the Asian Muslim Network, the Japanese and the Transnational 5 A Transnational History of Revolution and Nationalism: Encounters between Japanese Asianists, the Turkish Revolution, and the World of Islam 6 Japanese Interest in the Ottoman Empire 7 A Fin de Siècle Japanese Romantic in Istanbul: The Life of Yamada Torajiro and his Toruko Gakan 8 The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War on Ottoman Turkey 9 The Meiji Élite and Western Culture 10 The Anguish of Civilized Behavior: The Use of Western Cultural Forms in the Everyday Lives of the Meiji Japanese and the Ottoman Turks During the Nineteenth Century 11 A Comparison of Turkish and Japanese Attitudes Toward Modern National Identity 12 Remarks on the Modernization of Japan and Turkey in the 18th and 19th Centuries 13 Commentary for the General Discussion on Japan in a Comparative Perspective 14 Reflections on Japanese and Turkish Modernization and Global History 15 The Study of Local Administration in Early Modern Japan: The Case of Nakano Tenryo - During the Tokugawa Period, 1637–1868 16 The Remembrance of the 1871 Nakano Uprising in Takayama Village as a Contemporary Trauma in Village Life Today 17 The People of Tokugawa Japan: The State of the Field in Early Modern Social/Economic History Bibliography Index Widely known for her writings on Islam with a particular focus on the transnational history of politics in Islam and Japan, this volume brings together twenty of the author's key essays thematically structured as'Japan and Islam','Japanese Ottoman Relations and Japanese-Turkish Interaction', and'Reflections on Tokugawa Japan from Turkey'. Awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize for Japanese Studies in 2007, Selçuk Esenbel's volume will provide an invaluable reference resource for current and future research in an increasingly important context. Widely known for her writings on Islam with a particular focus on Turkey and Japan, this volume brings together twenty of the author's key essays thematically structured as Japan and Islam, Japanese Ottoman Relations and Japanese-Turkish Interaction, and Reflections on Tokugawa Japan from Turkey. Awarded the Japan Foundation Special Prize for Japanese Studies in 2007, Selcuk Esenbel's volume will provide an invaluable reference resource for current and future research in an increasingly important context. -- Publisher description Widely known for her writings on Islam with a particular focus on the transnational history of politics in Islam and Japan, this volume brings together twenty of the author’s key essays that have been structured thematically. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 319-321) And Index.