EP112 "What If" and Japanese History - BONUS EPISODE 9
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06/29/15 • 82 min
In this episode, Chris and Forest look at the utility of asking "What If...?" about events in Japanese history. Some people love it, some people hate it, but can one find value in the intellectual enterprise of asking "what if"?
In an attempt to see if there is value to the historian in asking what if, they look at Nobunaga's death and ask, "What if Oda Nobunaga hadn't died? What would have changed, what would have stayed the same?"
Mentioned in this podcast:
Ferguson, Niall. The Pitty of War Basic Books; New edition edition (March 3, 2000) http://amzn.to/1C0lsLP
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In this episode, Chris and Forest look at the utility of asking "What If...?" about events in Japanese history. Some people love it, some people hate it, but can one find value in the intellectual enterprise of asking "what if"?
In an attempt to see if there is value to the historian in asking what if, they look at Nobunaga's death and ask, "What if Oda Nobunaga hadn't died? What would have changed, what would have stayed the same?"
Mentioned in this podcast:
Ferguson, Niall. The Pitty of War Basic Books; New edition edition (March 3, 2000) http://amzn.to/1C0lsLP
Shopping on Amazon.com? Use our link: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=samurai-20
Samurai Archives Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/samurai-archives-japanese/id430277324
Samurai Archives Podcast on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=41397&refid=stpr
Support this podcast:
Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=samurai-20
Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20
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Contact Us:
Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives
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Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com
Samurai Archives Japanese History Forum: http://forums.samurai-archives.com
Previous Episode
EP111 Revisiting the Military Revolution Theory P2
In part two of our revisitation of the Military Revolution theory we continue our look at the 2013 artilcle 'Military Revolution ini Early Modern Japan' by Matthew Stavros that looks at applying the Military Revolution theory to Japan's Sengoku period to explain the military advances and expansion. We previously talked in detail about the Military Revolution theory in Episodes #1 and #2.
Follow Cameron Foster and Matthew Stavros on Twitter:
Matthew Stavros: @matthew_stavros https://twitter.com/matthew_stavros
Cameron Foster: @Frugcam https://twitter.com/Frugcam
Mentioned in this podcast:
Morillo, Stephen. Guns and Government: A Comparative Study of Europe and Japan Journal of World History, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring, 1995), pp. 75-106
Stavros, Matthew. Military Revolution in Early Modern Japan Japanese Studies, Vol 33, Issue 3, 2013
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Next Episode
EP113 You Can't Spell "Bushido" Without "Bull"
There's a good chance that everything you know about Bushido is wrong.
In this episode, which is a rebroadcast of an episode that was done for the Martial Thoughts podcast, Nate talks about the history, progression, and roots of the "code", concept, and mythology of Bushido - the Way of the Samurai.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Benesch, Oleg. Inventing the Way of the Samurai Oxford University Press; 1 edition (November 11, 2014) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/0198706626
Nitobe, Inazo. Bushido, the Soul of Japan CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 13 edition (February 10, 2013) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1482509733
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