Japanese Geopolitics and the Western Imagination

Atsuko Watanabe is Associate Professor at Hosei University, Japan and formerly held an associate fellowship at the Centre of the Study of Globalization and Regionalization at the University of Warwick, UK.

“The book is a valuable addition to the literature on international political theory … . for anyone interested in the social construction of the modern state, modernity, and world order, the book provides a well-grounded theoretical foundation for such inquiry.” (Hong Kong Nguyen, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Vol. 6 (3), 2019)

• 1: Introduction: Standing in a Place, Imagining a Space.- 2: Contextualizing Traveling Theory.- 3: Inside of the Place of Interpretation.- 4: Analytical Framework.- 5: Identifying the Site of Creation.- 6: The Importation of Geopolitics into Japan.- 7: Japanese Geopolitics.- 8: Conclusion: A Successful Journey?.