Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. HISTORY AND RESPONSIBILITY: Debates over The Showa History 37
6. 2. FROM RELATIONAL IDENTITY TO SPECIFIC IDENTITY: On Equality and Nationality 57
7. 3. ASIAN THEORY AND EUROPEAN HUMANITY: On the Question of Anthropological Difference 91
8. 4. “YOU ASIANS”: On the Historical Role of the Binary of the West and Asia 129
9. 5. ADDRESSING THE MULTITUDE OF FOREIGNERS, ECHOING FOUCAULT 159
10. 6. THE LOSS OF EMPIRE AND INWARD-LOOKING SOCIETY 183
11. CONCLUSION: Shame and Decolonization 269
12. APPENDIX 1. Memorandum on Policy towards Japan 287
13. APPENDIX 2. Statement on Racism Prepared by William Haver and Naoki Sakai, March 20, 1987, in Chicago 291
14. Notes 295
15. References 329
16. Index 341