The Politics of Guilt in Asia: the Afterlife of Japanese War Crimes

该项目旨在调查人们对日本继续对第二次世界大战期间所犯暴行负有罪责的看法。直到20世纪70年代，人们还普遍认为，日本已经通过接受惩罚、赔偿和道歉解决了自己的罪行，可以继续前进。该项目预计将产生新的知识，了解日本罪行的想法重新成为东亚和世界事务中的一个主要问题的过程。预期成果包括加深了解历史冤情是如何形成的，以及为什么它被认为是随时可以审查的。 预期的好处包括更好地了解在政治和道德上利用历史冤情的不断变化的方式。

This project aims to investigate the perception of Japan’s continuing guilt for atrocities committed during the Second World War. Until the 1970s, it was widely believed that Japan had resolved its guilt by accepting punishment, paying recompense and apologising, and could move on. The project expects to generate new knowledge about the process by which the idea of Japan’s guilt was revived to become a major issue in East Asian and world affairs. Expected outcomes include enhanced understanding of how historical grievance is constructed and why it has come to be considered always open to review. Anticipated benefits include a greater understanding of the changing ways in which historical grievance is used, both politically and ethically.