{"product_id":"the-end-of-pax-americana-the-loss-of-empire-and-hikikomori-nationalism-paperback","title":"The End of Pax Americana: The Loss of Empire and Hikikomori Nationalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaoki Sakai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe End of Pax Americana\u003c\/i\u003e, Naoki Sakai focuses on U.S. hegemony's long history in East Asia and the effects of its decline on contemporary conceptions of internationality. Engaging with themes of nationality in conjunction with internationality, the civilizational construction of differences between East and West, and empire and decolonization, Sakai focuses on the formation of a nationalism of hikikomori, or \"reclusive withdrawal\"--Japan's increasingly inward-looking tendency since the late 1990s, named for the phenomenon of the nation's young people sequestering themselves from public life. Sakai argues that the exhaustion of Pax Americana and the post--World War II international order--under which Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and China experienced rapid modernization through consumer capitalism and a media revolution--signals neither the \"decline of the West\" nor the rise of the East, but, rather a dislocation and decentering of European and North American political, economic, diplomatic, and intellectual influence. This decentering is symbolized by the sense of the loss of old colonial empires such as those of Japan, Britain, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaoki Sakai is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Asian Studies Emeritus at Cornell University and the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Past: The Status of Language in Eighteenth-Century Japanese Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTranslation and Subjectivity: On Japan and Cultural Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784761442592,"sku":"9781478014911","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2701ae8ad27d77c97cb80958e973d997.webp?v=1780607695","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-end-of-pax-americana-the-loss-of-empire-and-hikikomori-nationalism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}