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Crucial Fallacies in “On the invention of identity politics the Buraku outcastes in Japan” by J. Mark Ramseyer / J.Mark Ramseyer “On the invention of identity politics the Buraku outcastes in Japan” に関する重大な誤謬とそれに基づく問題

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Fujino Yutaka ,
Okada Kimiko  and
Komori Megumi
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Various problems can be found in the article by J. Mark Ramseyer (hereinafter, the article) to the extent that its content is hardly worthy of a serious refutation from an academic point of view. Although it is not clear whether it is intentional or simply a matter of negligence, there are many misrepresentations of facts. We should not underestimate the significance of the fact that such papers are being accepted in the academic world. Bearing this in mind, I will discuss the following three points related to modern Japanese history, my field of specialization:

  1. 1) errors concerning the formation of modern Buraku,

  2. 2) errors in the prejudicial equating of Buraku people with criminals, and

  3. 3) errors concerning the Levelers' movement.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 19 , Issue 9 , May 2021 , e5
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