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David Leheny, one of the most creative scholars of international relations today, explores how national narratives arise, change, and constrain views of ourselves and others. Drawing from cinema, narrative and emotion, Leheny challenges conventional views of Japan and its place in the world. This provocative book is necessary for understanding Japan and international relations in general. -- David Kang, Professor of International Relations and Business, University of Southern California I wish I could write like Leheny. He possesses the gift of being able to marry complex ideas with rich empirical detail in a style that is accessible, edifying, and entertaining. This is evident in this book, which explores the points at which politics and emotions intersect in Japan. -- Hugo Dobson, Professor of Japan's International Relations, University of Sheffield, and author of a number of monographs and articles on Japan's politics and international relations. Empire of Hope is a superb book. The subject-emotion and emotional representation in politics-is vitally important in light of the dawning realization that political and economic 'rationality' does not always do well in helping us understand political outcomes. Vividly illustrated, well-articulated and persuasive, this book is a joy to read. -- Henry C. W. Laurence, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studie, Bowdoin College, and author of <I>Money Rules: The New Politics of Finance in Britain and Japan</I> David Leheny's inimitable prose is deployed at full throttle in Empire of Hope in a sweeping historical reading of the agency and symbolism of sentiment in depoliticized long post war Japanese society. His critical commentary is anchored and informed by a range of international and Japanese films, TV series, novels, theatre productions, literary critical theory, Hope-ology (kibogaku), and political theory approaches. Juxtaposing individual and collective emotions, Leheny illustrates the affective conditions of and for the discourse of national is-ness. -- Jennifer Robertson, Professor of Anthropology & The History of Art, University of Michigan, author of <I>Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation</I>.

David Leheny, one of the most creative scholars of international relations today, explores how national narratives arise, change, and constrain views of ourselves and others. Drawing from cinema, narrative and emotion, Leheny challenges conventional views of Japan and its place in the world. This provocative book is necessary for understanding Japan and international relations in general. -- David Kang, Professor of International Relations and Business, University of Southern California I wish I could write like Leheny. He possesses the gift of being able to marry complex ideas with rich empirical detail in a style that is accessible, edifying and entertaining. This is evident in this book, which explores the points at which politics and emotions intersect in Japan. -- Hugo Dobson, Professor of Japan's International Relations, University of Sheffield, and author of a number of monographs and articles on Japan's politics and international relations. Empire of Hope is a superb book. The subject-emotion and emotional representation in politics-is vitally important in light of the dawning realization that political and economic 'rationality' does not always do well in helping us understand political outcomes. Vividly illustrated, well-articulated and persuasive, this book is a joy to read. -- Henry C. W. Laurence, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studie, Bowdoin College, and author of <I>Money Rules: The New Politics of Finance in Britain and Japan</I> David Leheny's inimitable prose is deployed at full throttle in Empire of Hope in a sweeping historical reading of the agency and symbolism of sentiment in depoliticized long post war Japanese society. His critical commentary is anchored and informed by a range of international and Japanese films, TV series, novels, theatre productions, literary critical theory, Hope-ology (kibogaku), and political theory approaches. Juxtaposing individual and collective emotions, Leheny illustrates the affective conditions of and for the discourse of national is-ness. -- Jennifer Robertson, Professor of Anthropology & The History of Art, University of Michigan, author of <I>Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation</I>.

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David Leheny is Professor in the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University. He is the author of Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan and Rules of Play: National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure.

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