Kaznena politika Japana

master's thesis

• Title (english): Japan's Penal Policy
• Author: Hrvoje Galić
• Mentor: Krešimir Petković (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-24, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Rad se bavi područjem koje je u Hrvatskoj akademski neistraženo, genealogijom japanske kaznene politike od razdoblja Tokugawa do suvremenosti. Obrađuje se djelovanje suverene moći pod vladavinom šogunata i rađanje zatvora u Meiji Japanu, putem djela Michela Foucaulta, poglavito njegove knjige Nadzor i kazna. Foucaultovom biopolitikom objašnjavaju se radni logori i rasistički diskurs u Pacifičkom ratu. Istražuje se i porijeklo prisilnog rada u specifično ratnim uvjetima. Pokazuje se da kažnjavanje prisilnim radom ima jedno od središnjih mjesta u japanskoj kaznenoj politici i da je obilježeno nastajanjem posebnog tipa moći vezane za modernu, biomoći. Foucaultovim terminima se prikazuje disciplinarno društvo ere Shōwa, s naglaskom na kriminološke diskurse i delinkvenciju. Rad problematizira jedno posebno važno pitanje kaznene politike, smrtnu kaznu u suvremenom Japanu. Fokus je na razlozima zašto se održala i načinu njena izvršenja, s naglaskom na pitanje legitimacije. Interpretacijom japanskih novovalnih filmova, koji tematski prate obrađivana razdobolja, prikazuje se djelovanje različitih tipova moći, obrađenih u ovom radu. Time se želi se ukazati na polemičke kulturne tekstove koji problematiziraju važna pitanja kaznene politike Japana.

Abstract (english)

This thesis deals with an area of study academically unexplored in Croatia, the genealogy of Japanese penal policy from the Tokugawa period to the contemporary times. It elaborates the functioning of sovereign power under the rule of the shogunate and the birth of prison in Meiji Japan, through the work of Michel Foucault, most particularly his book Discipline and Punish. Labor camps and racist discourse in the Pacific War are explained by Foucault’s biopolitics. The origin of punishment with forced labor in the specific conditions of war is also discussed. It is shown that punishment with forced labor holds one of the central places in the Japanese penal policy and that it is marked by the emergence of a specific type of power associated with modernity, biopower. Shōwa era’s disciplinary society is demonstrated in Foucauldian terms, with an emphasis on criminological discourses and delinquency. The thesis discusses an important aspect of penal policy, the death penalty in Japan. The focus is on the reasons why it is retained and the means of its execution, with an emphasis on the problem of legitimacy. By interpreting films of the Japanese New Wave, which thematically follow the discussed eras, the functioning of different types of power discussed in this thesis is demonstrated. The intention is to point to the polemic cultural texts which discuss important aspects of Japan’s penal policy.

• Keywords: genealogija; zatvor; Japan; kaznena politika; moć; prisilni rad; biopolitika; smrtna kazna; film
• Keywords (english): genealogy; prison; Japan; penal policy; power; forced labor; biopolitics; death penalty; film
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:436321
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Closed access
• Created on: 2018-10-15 10:21:06