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@article{ART002472025},
author={Mizutani, Satoshi},
title={R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2019},
volume={76},
number={2},
pages={55-104},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55}

TY - JOUR
AU - Mizutani, Satoshi
TI - R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2019
VL - 76
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 55
EP - 104
SN - 1598-3021
AB - While in India under British rule, R. B. Bose (1886-1945) — a militant independence activist — was involved in an attempted assassination of the Governor-General, forcing him into migrating to Japan, where he would continue his anti-colonial activities in exile. In May 1934, Bose visited Seoul, the capital of Korea, a nation which was under Japanese rule. During his one-week stay there, he was greeted day after day by high-ranking Japanese officials of the colonial state and was found to try and persuade those Koreans with whom he interacted into cooperating with the Japanese rulers. Why was it the case that someone who was in the very forefront of anti-colonial struggle in one empire ended up discouraging it in another? This is nothing short of a contradiction. Contemplating this contradiction, the paper argues, will help us consider what both colonialism and anti-colonialism were in a new light. Conventional historical studies of colonialism have mostly revolved around the relationship between the ruler and ruled in one given empire. But such a framework would fail to help us see why and how R. B. Bose did what did in Seoul that year. What is required as an alternative is a ‘trans-imperial’ perspective — a perspective which allows the histories of both colonialism and anti-colonialism to be situated within the relations between different empires in question. Through elucidating the reasons behind Bose’s contradictory stance to Korean’s struggle against Japan, this essay will rethink the meanings of anti-colonialism from the perspective of the trans-imperial.
KW - Trans-Imperial;Anti-Colonialism;India;Korea;Japan;Britain
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55
ER -

Mizutani, Satoshi. (2019). R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 76(2), 55-104.

Mizutani, Satoshi. 2019, "R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.76, no.2 pp.55-104. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55

Mizutani, Satoshi "R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 76.2 pp.55-104 (2019) : 55.

Mizutani, Satoshi. R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’. 2019; 76(2), 55-104. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55

Mizutani, Satoshi. "R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 76, no.2 (2019) : 55-104.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55

Mizutani, Satoshi. R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 76(2), 55-104. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55

Mizutani, Satoshi. R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2019; 76(2) 55-104. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55

Mizutani, Satoshi. R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’. 2019; 76(2), 55-104. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55

Mizutani, Satoshi. "R. B. Bose as an Indian Independence Activist and His Relationship to Korea: Rethinking Anti-Colonialism from the Perspective of the ‘Trans-Imperial’" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 76, no.2 (2019) : 55-104.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.76.2.201905.55