Kokkashugi (国家主義) was the ruling ideology of the Empire of Japan, particularly during the first decades of the Shōwa era. It is sometimes also referred to as Emperor-system fascism (天皇制ファシズム, Tennōsei fashizumu), Japanese-style fascism (日本型ファシズム, Nihongata fashizumu) or Shōwa Statism. Developed over time following the Meiji Restoration, Kokkashugi incorporated ultranationalism, traditionalist conservatism, militarist imperialism, and a dirigisme-based economy.
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- ⭐ Core Definition: Kokkashugi
- Kokkashugi in the context of Totalitarian regimes
Kokkashugi in the context of Totalitarian regimes
Within the academic context, the concept of totalitarianism has been applied to several regimes, with much debate and disagreements, most notably about the Soviet Union, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan under Kokkashugi, and Francoist Spain. Totalitarian regimes are usually distinguished from authoritarian regimes in the sense that totalitarianism represents an extreme version of authoritarianism. Authoritarianism primarily differs from totalitarianism in that social and economic institutions exist that are not under governmental control.
Because of differing opinions about the definition of totalitarianism and the variable nature of each regime, it is stated in prose the various opinions given by academics, even when those opinions might conflict or be at angles to each other.
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