How Long to Read The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan

How Long Does it Take to Read The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 50 minutes to read The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan by Germaine A. Hoston

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The first decades of the twentieth century witnessed an explosion of nationalist sentiment in East Asia, as in Europe. This comprehensive work explores how radical Chinese and Japanese thinkers committed to social change in this turbulent era addressed issues concerning national identity, social revolution, and the role of the national state in achieving socio-economic development. Focusing on the adaptation of anarchism and then Marxism-Leninism to non-European contexts, Germaine Hoston shows how Chinese and Japanese theorists attempted to reconcile a relatively new appreciation for the nation-state with their allegiance to a vision of internationalist socialist revolution culminating in stateless socialism. Given the influence of Western experience on Marxism, Chinese and Japanese theorists found the Marxian national question to be not merely one of whether the "working man has no country," but rather the much more fundamental issue of the relative value of Eastern and Western cultures. Marxism, argues Hoston, thus placed native Marxists in tension with their own heritage and national identity. The author traces efforts to resolve this tension throughout the first half of the twentieth century, and concludes by examining how the tension persists, as Chinese and Japanese dissidents seek identity-affirming modernity in accordance with the Western democratic model.

How long is The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan?

The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan by Germaine A. Hoston is 643 pages long, and a total of 162,679 words.

This makes it 217% the length of the average book. It also has 199% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 48 minutes to read The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan aloud.

What Reading Level is The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan?

The State, Identity, and the National Question in China and Japan is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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