Ideological Warfare and Japanese Geopolitics : Development of Saneshige Komaki's Propaganda Activities and Its Social Influence

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  • Shibata. Y
    京都大学人文科学研究所産官学連携研究員

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  • 思想戦と「日本地政学｣ : 小牧実繁のプロパガンダ活動の展開とその社会的影響
  • シソウセン ト 「 ニホンチセイガク 」 : コマキ ミノル シゲル ノ プロパガンダ カツドウ ノ テンカイ ト ソノ シャカイテキ エイキョウ

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During World War II, Saneshige Komaki, a Geography Professor at the Kyoto Imperial University, was a well-known advocate of Nihon-Chiseigaku (Japanese Geopolitics). Previous studies on his geopolitics concentrated on its chauvinistic and unscientific nature without examining the social relevance of contemporary geopolitical discourse. In this paper I examine his propaganda activities both in domestic and foreign spheres using a wide variety of original sources and clarified the following three points. (1) He successfully participated in various social activities because he had strong connections with military and intelligence authorities. (2) He emphasized the unity of the Asia-Pacific area, and insisted on its geopolitical view, which was completely different from Western -based duality. (3) Although his propaganda activities undoubtedly affected Japanese society during the war, their substantial effect remains open to debate.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 105 69-116, 2014-06-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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