SHINZO ABE’S DISCOURSE ON THE SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS: TAKE JAPAN BACK AND JAPAN’S WAR GUILT

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 14, 26 - 49, 30.06.2024

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https://doi.org/10.59114/dasad.1433442

Abstract

In this paper, Shinzo Abe's political rhetoric will be taken into attention by utilizing Teun Van Dijk's 'critical discourse analysis' and James Martin's rhetorical structure, considering his perception of the war guilt of Japan during World War 2. For that purpose, Shinzo Abe's official speeches and interviews from his first and second presidential terms will be analyzed. This Analysis will help us to understand these two countries' shared past and the reflection of this past in today's international politics. Moreover, how political figures influenced these relations by their discourse. At the end of the paper, Abe's identity construction and its connections with his political rhetoric will be analyzed.

Keywords

Abe Shinzo, Discourse Analysis, Sino-Japanese relations

Shinzo Abe'nin Japon-Çin ilişkileri üzerine söylevi: Japonya'yı 'geri alma/getirme' teması ve Japonya'nın savaş suçları problemi.

Abstract

Bu makalede, Teun Van Dijk'ın 'eleştirel söylem analizi' ve James Martin'in retorik yapısı kullanılarak Shinzo Abe'nin siyasi retoriği, 2. Dünya Savaşı sırasında Japonya'nın savaş suçluluğu algısı göz önünde bulundurularak ele alınacaktır. Bu amaçla, Shinzo Abe'nin birinci ve ikinci başkanlık dönemlerinde yaptığı resmi konuşmalar ve röportajlar analiz edilecektir. Bu analiz, iki ülkenin ortak geçmişini ve bu geçmişin günümüz uluslararası siyasetine yansımasını anlamamıza yardımcı olacaktır. Ayrıca, siyasi figürlerin söylemleriyle bu ilişkileri nasıl etkiledikleri de incelenecektir. Çalışmanın sonunda Abe'nin kimlik inşası ve bunun siyasi retoriği ile bağlantıları analiz edilecektir.

Keywords

Shinzo Abe, Çin-Japon İlişkileri, söylem analizi

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