Chapter Humanitarian Intervention and the Religious Ethos of Japan
The recent military coup d’état in Myanmar has triggered widespread indignation and concern in the international community. The Tatmadaw have deposed a freely elected government led by the National League for Democracy, interrupting a decade-long process of democratization and repressing the ensuing...
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| author | Pieroni, Edoardo |
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| description | The recent military coup d’état in Myanmar has triggered widespread indignation and concern in the international community. The Tatmadaw have deposed a freely elected government led by the National League for Democracy, interrupting a decade-long process of democratization and repressing the ensuing civil protests with violence. Liberal democracies worldwide issued joint statements of condemnation as well as sanctions targeting the economic interests of the Burmese military. Among them, Japan has been a notable exception in taking significant measures against armed violence. Despite being a democracy pledging to pursue a diplomacy based on freedom, the rule of law and basic human rights, Japan tends to assume passive stances towards violence perpetrated abroad. Drawing from ontological security theory, the article tries to explain this attitude by taking into account Japan’s religious ethos. It is shown that the normative framework underlying Japan’s religious traditions is in stark contrast with the Western, individualistic principles on which humanitarian interventionism is based. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1562582025-03-07T15:06:30Z Chapter Humanitarian Intervention and the Religious Ethos of Japan Pieroni, Edoardo South China Sea People Republic of China United States Asia Cambodia Humanized birth Taiwan issue cross-strait relations crisis ASEAN diplomatic mission The recent military coup d’état in Myanmar has triggered widespread indignation and concern in the international community. The Tatmadaw have deposed a freely elected government led by the National League for Democracy, interrupting a decade-long process of democratization and repressing the ensuing civil protests with violence. Liberal democracies worldwide issued joint statements of condemnation as well as sanctions targeting the economic interests of the Burmese military. Among them, Japan has been a notable exception in taking significant measures against armed violence. Despite being a democracy pledging to pursue a diplomacy based on freedom, the rule of law and basic human rights, Japan tends to assume passive stances towards violence perpetrated abroad. Drawing from ontological security theory, the article tries to explain this attitude by taking into account Japan’s religious ethos. It is shown that the normative framework underlying Japan’s religious traditions is in stark contrast with the Western, individualistic principles on which humanitarian interventionism is based. 2025-03-07T15:06:29Z 2025-03-07T15:06:29Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383313108_1908 9788383313108 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156258 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/602 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-310-8.15 10.18778/8331-310-8.15 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383313108 267-285 open access |
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| topic | South China Sea People Republic of China United States Asia Cambodia Humanized birth Taiwan issue cross-strait relations crisis ASEAN diplomatic mission |
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