Author(s)

Wang Qian ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Corresponding Author

Wang Qian

ABSTRACT

This paper organizes and analyzes the external viewpoints in Koyasu Nobukuni's research. The author believes that in the structure of "inside/outside" (community/otherness), Koyasu Nobukuni focuses on the following two groups of concepts, namely "East Asia" and "China", "National Japan" and "Countless victims". Through the intervention of such a critical external perspective, Koyasu Nobukuni unraveled the discourses of "nationalism" and "modernism" entangled in the history of modern Japanese thought, Revealing the essence of the modern Japanese state, and putting forward the concept of "historical community" and "Asian citizens" which have strong practical significance.

KEYWORDS

Koyasu Nobukuni; East Asia; External perspective; Community

CITE THIS PAPER

Wang Qian, The Otherness of the Method: Research on Koyasu Nobukuni's External Viewpoint. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2023) Vol. 6: 53-61. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2023.060610.

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