Comparisons and Deflections: Indian Nationalists in the Political Economy of Japanese Imperialism, 1931–1938

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A. Peters
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ABSTRACT:With the onset of the Great Depression in 1929 and the 1931 Manchurian Incident, Japanese intellectuals and business leaders appealed to the language of self-determination and Pan-Asianism to advocate for domestic reform and imperial expansion. At the same time, Indian nationalists in Japan, such as Rash Behari Bose, Anand Mohan Sahay, Aiyappan-Pillai Madhavan Nair, and others, viewed the creation of Manchukuo in 1932 as evidence of Japanese sincerity toward Asian nationalism, as well as a model of development that India and Asia should follow. These invocations were used to legitimize their own nation-building projects and critique trends within the mainstream Indian nationalist movement. This article analyzes the encounters between Japan, India, and the Indian merchant diaspora in East Asia from 1931 to 1938. The author argues that Japanese Pan-Asianists as well as some Indian nationalists sought to legitimize their own national and transnational projects during this period by appealing to a common Asian civilization that was mediated through a politics of comparison and deflection. The article also demonstrates that comparisons often occluded the issue of imperial violence and revealed the limitations of accepting nationalism and the nation-state as the foundation of civilizational discourse and transnational community.
比较与偏离:日本帝国主义政治经济学中的印度民族主义者,1931-1938
摘要:随着1929年大萧条和1931年满洲事变的爆发,日本的知识分子和商界领袖们开始用民族自决和泛亚主义的语言来倡导国内改革和帝国扩张。与此同时,在日本的印度民族主义者,如拉什·比哈里·博斯(Rash Behari Bose)、阿南德·莫汉·萨哈伊(Anand Mohan Sahay)、Aiyappan-Pillai Madhavan Nair等人,认为1932年满洲国的成立证明了日本对亚洲民族主义的诚意,以及印度和亚洲应该遵循的发展模式。这些呼吁被用来使他们自己的国家建设项目合法化,并批评主流印度民族主义运动中的趋势。本文分析了1931年至1938年间日本、印度与东亚印度商人的相遇。作者认为,在这一时期,日本的泛亚主义者和一些印度民族主义者试图通过比较和偏转的政治来呼吁一种共同的亚洲文明,从而使他们自己的国家和跨国计划合法化。本文还表明,比较往往掩盖了帝国暴力的问题,并揭示了将民族主义和民族国家作为文明话语和跨国社区基础的局限性。
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