This talk examines the works of some proponents of Colonial Policy Studies (Shokumin Seisaku Gaku), a key provenance of the academic field of International Relations in Japan. A/Prof Tomohito Baji will show how they drew up racialized projects for Nanyo (the South Seas) the perceived interstitial space different from the East and the West and how such projects were related to
The International Thought of Alfred Zimmern
Classicism, Zionism and the Shadow of Commonwealth Authors:
Offers an intellectual biography of Zimmern by examining the entire development of his thought in the first half of the twentieth century
Utilizes source material from British, American and French archives as well as the bulk of Zimmern’s published writings
Shows the distinctive ways in which Zimmern combined diverse and disparate ideological sources, including Edmund Burke, Ahad Ha’am, Horace Kellen, St. Augustine and Henri Bergson
Highlights the unique features of Zimmern’s ideas vis-à-vis other key British internationalists such as J.A. Hobson and Lionel Curtis as well as important IR thinkers like Hans Morgenthausee more benefits