摘要
Thedwindlingof pacifismandriseofnationalismshowcasedamajorchangeinJapan’ssocialtrendofthoughtsince thelastdecadeofthe 2 0thcentury .Intermsofbackground ,tacticsandmanifestations,theneo na tionalismoriginatedinashiftofbackgroundfromrobustgrowthtoeconomicslowdown ,ofnational pridetoasenseofcrisisinpublicpsyche,andofoutwardexpansiontointrovertreflectioninits manifestation .Spontaneity ,populismandpublicappealcharacterizeit.Itsoriginalityinviewpoints anditsliberalismflavoraimedatwinningoverordinarycitizens,youngpeopleinparticularhavein vestedintheneo nationalismgreaterdamagingpotentialthantraditionalnationalism .Itintermingles ratherthancontractswithpacifism .Indeed ,itismotleyofdifferentthoughts,thusvaryingwith eachissueorindividual.It,therefore,cannotbeequatedwithtraditional“left”or“right”divi sions.Actually,ithascrossedbeyondtherealmofpoliticalthinkingandpenetratedeverycornerof theJapanesesocietybyobscuringtheright/leftdemarcationline.Withitsinfluencefeltinthewords anddeedsofpoliticalfigures,itholdsswayoverdomesticpoliticsandexertsasignificantimpacton foreignpolicy.However,itisadouble edgedswordwiththecountry’srulers.Thisintrovertnation alismwillprobablypersistandevenrunwild ,therebysparkingtroublesinexternalrelationsinthe comingfivetotenyears.ThisisbecauseJapan’scomprehensivedomesticcrisiscannotpossiblybe overcomeovernight,U .S .strictercontroloverTokyowouldfueltheneo nationalismandChina’s risewillbeahistoricalcertainty.
Thedwindlingof pacifismandriseofnationalismshowcasedamajorchangeinJapan’ssocialtrendofthoughtsince thelastdecadeofthe 2 0thcentury .Intermsofbackground ,tacticsandmanifestations,theneo na tionalismoriginatedinashiftofbackgroundfromrobustgrowthtoeconomicslowdown ,ofnational pridetoasenseofcrisisinpublicpsyche,andofoutwardexpansiontointrovertreflectioninits manifestation .Spontaneity ,populismandpublicappealcharacterizeit.Itsoriginalityinviewpoints anditsliberalismflavoraimedatwinningoverordinarycitizens,youngpeopleinparticularhavein vestedintheneo nationalismgreaterdamagingpotentialthantraditionalnationalism .Itintermingles ratherthancontractswithpacifism .Indeed ,itismotleyofdifferentthoughts,thusvaryingwith eachissueorindividual.It,therefore,cannotbeequatedwithtraditional“left”or“right”divi sions.Actually,ithascrossedbeyondtherealmofpoliticalthinkingandpenetratedeverycornerof theJapanesesocietybyobscuringtheright/leftdemarcationline.Withitsinfluencefeltinthewords anddeedsofpoliticalfigures,itholdsswayoverdomesticpoliticsandexertsasignificantimpacton foreignpolicy.However,itisadouble edgedswordwiththecountry’srulers.Thisintrovertnation alismwillprobablypersistandevenrunwild ,therebysparkingtroublesinexternalrelationsinthe comingfivetotenyears.ThisisbecauseJapan’scomprehensivedomesticcrisiscannotpossiblybe overcomeovernight,U .S .strictercontroloverTokyowouldfueltheneo nationalismandChina’s risewillbeahistoricalcertainty.
